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Old 12-13-2012, 05:43 PM   #1
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I've been port and polishing heads for motocross bikes for years, my wrx spun a rod bearing so everything is apart. I figured what better time than to port the stock turbo which I'll use for another 4 or so months till I pick up a 20G? after a lot of man hours, I have the exhaust housing 90% finished. the exhaust inlet is all finished but the exhaust port still has some work to be done. I couldn't finish it because I ran out of supplies so I'll need to buy more in the next few days to really make this thing pretty! also found a crack on the waste gate hole which will need some attention before this thing goes back into commission. the intake housing will definitely get some attention once I get more bits for the die grinder. hopefully i see at least a minimal amount of performance gain from this itty bitty thing. here's some pics!



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Old 12-13-2012, 07:04 PM   #2
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Not bad looking. I wish i had pics of my old VF30 that was ported & polished from deadbolt many moons ago.


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Old 12-13-2012, 08:16 PM   #3
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That looks awesome. I have seen dyno charts that show port and polished td04's adding ~15 HP.
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Old 12-13-2012, 08:44 PM   #4
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That looks awesome. I have seen dyno charts that show port and polished td04's adding ~15 HP.
that's great! I wish I had specs telling me how large to make the intake. I think since it's such a small turbo that the bigger the better. but we will see what I end up going with
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Old 12-13-2012, 08:57 PM   #5
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nice. it looks good. i ported and polished my td04 also. i think i went larger on the turbine inlet though. i made mine 2" roughly and i didnt touch the outlet, i didnt see the outlet netting much results. also have my compressor side ported and polished. i noticed good results. but i also did an up pipe at the same time.

out of curiosity, what bits are you using to port and polish with?
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Old 12-13-2012, 09:07 PM   #6
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nice. it looks good. i ported and polished my td04 also. i think i went larger on the turbine inlet though. i made mine 2" roughly and i didnt touch the outlet, i didnt see the outlet netting much results. also have my compressor side ported and polished. i noticed good results. but i also did an up pipe at the same time.

out of curiosity, what bits are you using to port and polish with?
I'm debatin if I will go larger on turbo inlet. maybe I will leave the outlet alone because it wouldn't make sense if the air came from the smaller intake housing into a big ass port. it would let it expand and basically lose pressure in turn. although it might not register on a gauge. I have this whole kit I bought from summit racing. it uses a little rod that goes into my 1/4" die grinder and the sanding tips thread onto the rod which tapers at the top. I polish first with a blue sponge type deal and finish with a softer red one. I've had the ports on my 250 looking exactly like a mirror and by that, I mean I could see my eye lashes in the reflection! carbon simply wipes right off of it
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Old 12-13-2012, 09:08 PM   #7
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Does it perform any differently?
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Old 12-13-2012, 09:10 PM   #8
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Does it perform any differently?
motor is still apart from the spun bearing. can't tell you yet! but I expect something like 400-600 rpm sooner spool at least
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Old 12-15-2012, 08:10 PM   #9
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here's the intake housing very close to finished!

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