DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork?
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DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork?
I'm getting my head port & polished etc.. does anyone have any opinions on who would be better to do my gsr head. Goal is all motor 12's. I'm doing skunk 2 cams w/ valvetrain.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (NickGSR)
u need more than just cams. with a heavy *** integra, u will need more displacement too. best NA integs at woodburn NW nationals were runnin lower 13s.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (NickGSR)
heres another option www.alaniztechnologies.com/
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (GreenDestiny)
I have DPR Stage 6 with a lot of additional options, and I am very happy with it.
DPR is much more expensive than portflow though....so its up to you.
DPR is much more expensive than portflow though....so its up to you.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (hondaatwsu)
I didn't mean I want to run 12s with JUST head work.. lol, I meant that was my overall goal. Dan Paramore (owner/founder of DPR) said that he made 220 whp on a gsr that was stock except for a dc header.. no vafc or hondata. He said the cams they put in it gave it a great amount of torque. Dan seems very knowledgable and professional. He gave me the impression that he cares about making his project a success rather than making money.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (NickGSR)
Dan Paramore (owner/founder of DPR) said that he made 220 whp on a gsr that was stock except for a dc header.. no vafc or hondata. He said the cams they put in it gave it a great amount of torque.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (NickGSR)
I had my cylinder head done over at portflow and I am very happy with the results for the work.
Go with what you feel is best. look at all of the professional whose heads are done by Tom at Portflow.
I highly recommend Portflow
Go with what you feel is best. look at all of the professional whose heads are done by Tom at Portflow.
I highly recommend Portflow
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (NickGSR)
I'm more impressed with the pictures I've seen of DPR work than I am of portflow, and I'm not terribly impressed with the few figures I've seen from people with portflow heads. Maybe I just haven't seen the good stuff, but DPR stuff looks very serious!
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (hondaatwsu)
listen.. you took my post wrong. This is what I meant to say: he took a gsr w/ dc header and then did the stage VI cylinder head work ALONG with cams/springs/retainers he also does some modification to the stock piston. Thats with a different intake manifold and bigger TB. 220 whp. Dan paramore is the one that did the head for the progress/vortech civic that just set the landspeed record @ 204 mph.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (DeL B18C SoL)
You can't go wrong with Portflow or DPR. I just recieved my DPR head from Dan last month. I will post some pics later on tonight.
Please post your pics, I'll post mine also.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (NickGSR)
listen.. you took my post wrong. This is what I meant to say: he took a gsr w/ dc header and then did the stage VI cylinder head work ALONG with cams/springs/retainers he also does some modification to the stock piston. Thats with a different intake manifold and bigger TB. 220 whp.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (hondaatwsu)
Dan Paramore (owner/founder of DPR) said that he made 220 whp on a gsr that was stock except for a dc header.. no vafc or hondata. He said the cams they put in it gave it a great amount of torque.
this part of ur last post makes no sense. if this GSR was stock except a DC header, then u said the cams put in huge torque. i find both these statements to b just a big fat lie. if it was that easy to make 220HP with a GSR with cams and header everyone would do it. most NA cars like mine would b 300HP based on that statement. i think DAN was blowin some smoke up ur ***. 220HP would equate to 190+ WHP, in a stock bottom end GSR w/H/Cams, i dont think so. im sure they do great work but to make a bold statement like that is really unreasonable.
this part of ur last post makes no sense. if this GSR was stock except a DC header, then u said the cams put in huge torque. i find both these statements to b just a big fat lie. if it was that easy to make 220HP with a GSR with cams and header everyone would do it. most NA cars like mine would b 300HP based on that statement. i think DAN was blowin some smoke up ur ***. 220HP would equate to 190+ WHP, in a stock bottom end GSR w/H/Cams, i dont think so. im sure they do great work but to make a bold statement like that is really unreasonable.
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Re: DPR vs. Portflow - who's better for headwork? (Archidictus)
220hp on a stock 1.8 block seems pretty good to me. DPR does awesome work, and have great customer service. If you notice, quite a few big named guys that are doing heads now used to work for Dan. I would recommend DPR anyday over the rest. for DPR
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