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Small block head porting templates? #53804 02/13/08 06:10 PM 02/13/08 06:10 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,177 Santa Ana, CA DustyChicken OP super stock
DustyChicken OP super stock Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,177 Santa Ana, CA	I know there are templates available for big block heads, but are there any for the small block? I want to do some porting on my 360 heads, but have never done it before. The Dusty W-100 :: Rebuilding the Cordoba :: Building a Stroker 360 :: DustySpace

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: DustyChicken] #53805 02/13/08 07:48 PM 02/13/08 07:48 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,075 Eastern Ohio mopowergtx master
mopowergtx master Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,075 Eastern Ohio	I asked this a couple months ago and it was a definate no from everybody. Sorry.

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: DustyChicken] #53806 02/13/08 07:56 PM 02/13/08 07:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,024 In the twisties R RokketRide super gas
RokketRide super gas R Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,024 In the twisties	I still have a set of the now discontinued magnum porting templates

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: RokketRide] #53807 02/14/08 01:13 PM 02/14/08 01:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,387 Pikes Peak Country T TC@HP2 master
TC@HP2 master T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,387 Pikes Peak Country	Quote: I still have a set of the now discontinued magnum porting templates Those, the later swirl port heads, and W series are the only small block templates made. I've never seen or heard of templates for the regualr LA series heads. I believe Mopar quit producing all of the ones they did make several years ago.

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: TC@HP2] #53808 02/14/08 01:14 PM 02/14/08 01:14 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,024 In the twisties R RokketRide super gas
RokketRide super gas R Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,024 In the twisties	Dont know why, the results were outstanding. IMHO

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: RokketRide] #53809 02/14/08 10:22 PM 02/14/08 10:22 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland GO_Fish master
GO_Fish master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland	Your answer is the exact reason they stopped. They were shooting themselves in the foot financially (and I predict Edelbrock will never sell templates for the same reason. If anyone were to, it would be Summit or something). MP sells hp heads that they have developed ($$$), and they want people to buy heads to help them recover their investment (and heads probably have a higher profit margin anyways). They decided they probably didn't want someone buying a $40 template and DIY, when they could sell you a $400 set of heads instead. Scott B. "I'm a self-made man... I started with nothing, and I still have most of it!" 68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph 69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph 01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: GO_Fish] #53810 02/14/08 11:26 PM 02/14/08 11:26 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,204 Fort Worth, TX Clair_Davis master
Clair_Davis master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,204 Fort Worth, TX	Quote: ...They decided they probably didn't want someone buying a $40 template and DIY, when they could sell you a $2400 set of heads instead. Fixed that for you... Clair 68 Sport Fury Vert (440/727) Getting a heart transplant... 69 Valiant 100 (340/833/EFI)

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: Clair_Davis] #53811 02/15/08 03:22 PM 02/15/08 03:22 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland GO_Fish master
GO_Fish master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland	LOL, I thought my $400 may have been a little low!

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: RokketRide] #53812 02/15/08 04:00 PM 02/15/08 04:00 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,061 New Mexico D dmerc super stock
dmerc super stock D Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,061 New Mexico	Care to share those templates with a fellow Mopar fan. Come on Buddy! Help a fella out!

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: GO_Fish] #53813 02/15/08 04:56 PM 02/15/08 04:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,204 Fort Worth, TX Clair_Davis master
Clair_Davis master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,204 Fort Worth, TX	MP's heads were definitely cheaper if you got them bare/unmachined, but I sure don't think it was the cheap templates that kept the heads from flying off the shelf... Clair 68 Sport Fury Vert (440/727) Getting a heart transplant... 69 Valiant 100 (340/833/EFI)

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: dmerc] #53814 02/15/08 06:30 PM 02/15/08 06:30 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 550 SW Missouri moparmandjh mopar
moparmandjh mopar Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 550 SW Missouri	Quote: Care to share those templates with a fellow Mopar fan. Come on Buddy! Help a fella out! American soldiers in battle don't fight for what some president says on tv, they don't fight for mom, apple pie, or the American flag... they fight for one another. -Lt. General Hal Moore

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: moparmandjh] #53815 02/15/08 09:23 PM 02/15/08 09:23 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	somebody way back said that mp had put the wrong(or wrong sized)templates in the magnum template pkg & that's why they were disco'd but if you got good results maybe that wasn't the case Last edited by RapidRobert; 02/15/08 09:26 PM. live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: RapidRobert] #53816 02/15/08 09:54 PM 02/15/08 09:54 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland GO_Fish master
GO_Fish master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland	Quote: somebody way back said that mp had put the wrong(or wrong sized)templates in the magnum template pkg & that's why they were disco'd but if you got good results maybe that wasn't the case The Mag templates themselves are fine. It was the paper instructions that came with them that were LOADED with errors and hard to follow. Scott B. "I'm a self-made man... I started with nothing, and I still have most of it!" 68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph 69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph 01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: Clair_Davis] #53817 02/15/08 10:06 PM 02/15/08 10:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,596 Shopping @ HoBo Fright 340SIX Doc Flappergas's Evil Twin
340SIX Doc Flappergas's Evil Twin Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,596 Shopping @ HoBo Fright	Quote: MP's heads were definitely cheaper if you got them bare/unmachined, but I sure don't think it was the cheap templates that kept the heads from flying off the shelf... Clair I agree 100% but the bare heads left alot to be done as well. and were so ruff......... 4197884-moparhead.jpg (569 downloads) [img]https://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee87/fast340six/sig%20pics/2840886-340SIX-1.jpg[/img] VP of the MPM in New Orleans 73 Dart Sport 340/ 70 challenger vert. That may still get built, If I live long enough

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: GO_Fish] #53818 02/15/08 10:09 PM 02/15/08 10:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: Quote: somebody way back said that mp had put the wrong(or wrong sized)templates in the magnum template pkg & that's why they were disco'd but if you got good results maybe that wasn't the case The Mag templates themselves are fine. It was the paper instructions that came with them that were LOADED with errors and hard to follow. that settles it,Rockett you need to come off of em live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: RapidRobert] #53819 02/16/08 12:30 AM 02/16/08 12:30 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,024 In the twisties R RokketRide super gas
RokketRide super gas R Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,024 In the twisties	I'll see what I can do about duplicating them. Maybe they will make enough of a transfer on a copy machine and everyone can make a set on their own. I even have the original instructions. This is MP# P4876413

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: RokketRide] #53820 02/16/08 02:09 AM 02/16/08 02:09 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Rockett that would be greatly appreciated. I will run that # & see if there's any chance the locater can find a set. I always wonder where stuff dissapears to when at one time they were everywhere & later on down the line all gone. live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: DustyChicken] #53821 02/16/08 07:04 PM 02/16/08 07:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 816 Columbus, OH D davesdartgt super stock
davesdartgt super stock D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 816 Columbus, OH	Quote: I know there are templates available for big block heads, but are there any for the small block? I want to do some porting on my 360 heads, but have never done it before. I just found the set I used on my 360 "LA" series heads about 8 or 9 years ago & are MP P4876412 "Swirl Port Heads" PM me if anyone wants a photocopy of the instructions & templates. Man that was alot of work.

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: davesdartgt] #53822 02/17/08 09:14 AM 02/17/08 09:14 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland GO_Fish master
GO_Fish master Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,167 Maryland	Quote: Quote: I know there are templates available for big block heads, but are there any for the small block? I want to do some porting on my 360 heads, but have never done it before. I just found the set I used on my 360 "LA" series heads about 8 or 9 years ago & are MP P4876412 "Swirl Port Heads" I suspect those templates were for the pre-Magnum "308" heads, and are not meant for use on the earlier LA castings. The MP A engine book lists P4876412 as "360 cast iron cylinder head porting template" which is kind of a vague discription making it sound like it is good for all 360 heads. I don't think that is true. Last edited by GO_Fish; 02/17/08 09:15 AM.

Re: Small block head porting templates? [Re: GO_Fish] #53823 02/18/08 08:12 AM 02/18/08 08:12 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 8,162 USA 3 360view Moparts resident spammer
360view Moparts resident spammer 3 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 8,162 USA	It would be a great service to other Mopar owners if copies of those discontinued intake port templates were posted on Moparts. I would suggest that they be photocopied onto paper with grid lines so that those of us downloading them can copy them into Microsoft 'Paint' and then enlarge or reduce them so that the scale is correct. The green grid line paper like engineering students use. I would be willing to snail mail some money to help with expenses doing this

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