Re: Small block head porting templates?
[Re: RokketRide]
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02/14/08 01:13 PM
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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.
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Re: Small block head porting templates?
[Re: RokketRide]
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02/14/08 10:22 PM
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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.
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Re: Small block head porting templates?
[Re: GO_Fish]
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02/14/08 11:26 PM
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...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
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Re: Small block head porting templates?
[Re: moparmandjh]
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02/15/08 09:23 PM
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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.
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Re: Small block head porting templates?
[Re: Clair_Davis]
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02/15/08 10:06 PM
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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.........
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Re: Small block head porting templates?
[Re: DustyChicken]
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02/16/08 07:04 PM
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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.
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Re: Small block head porting templates?
[Re: GO_Fish]
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02/18/08 08:12 AM
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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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