Sorry ...I just saw these most recent posts. I have not been playing with them for a while ...I am pretty satisfied with the port design as it was when this post was written. I recently bought a set of raw w8 castings and my plan was to see if the port would be easier to adapt to the 8's over the 9's. Once winter sets in I plan to dig them back out... as well as the untouched blue plug 5's I picked up and the 2's on the car right now......work schedule permitting.....thanks for you interest!