port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

ok i have a 96 accord lx,F22B2 non vtec... im wanting a friendto do a port and polish for meon a doner head from the junk yard in order to pay me back for letting him live with me for six months.

my list of questions are as follows:

1) should i be worried about the mileage on my motor.
2) should i avoid using a head that i have no history on
3) how much can he remove before i have to go buy shat to make my car function properly
4) what kind of power can i look foward to gaining
5) does any one have any other things that i should know or watch out for



any help would be great.

thnx

Tyler

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

I would find another way for your friend to pay you back. Like...oh I dunno...get a job...give you money, help around the house/apt, stop being a mooch, etc

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

jobs aren't that easy to come by in this economy ..... unless you are an MEP engineer.

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

i told him that he could do this because he has asked if there was some way that he could do something on my car that i had wanted for awhile, and this is what i suggested. andthe poor guyhas a job, but has lost everything in a divorce, the only things he has are his tools, car and little girl.

coty has done several port and polish jobs, just none of them have ben on a honda, they have all been on small block cheveys.

so any kind of help would be nice rite now

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

Youll want the manifolds so he can port-match them. Then the question is which head has valve guides or valve seats that are in better shape. Or camshaft bearing journals. Or whatever...

You couldtake off YOUR head & compare them, then port/polish the best one. But then youll be swapping heads twice...

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

Yes there are, may not be something a person wants to do, but there are jobs out there.

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

ok. thank you, but my car cant be down for any length of time. i rolled my durango about two months ago, and had no insuriance... so i want to get the head , have him do the work, and the two of us will swap the heads, and replace the gaskets.

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

Thats fine. The only risk is the used head you buy may have worn bearings or ?? YMMV.

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

well, we are going to put new bearings in , cause the ones that are on my head are shot.

RE: port and polish HELP!!!!!
 

Bearings? In the head? There are no bearings in a honda head.