I was just asking after seeing you over in the chat room talking crap . Not trying to start anything with you . Just don't want the BS coming over here.
DIY port and polish??
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No. I just like to expand the number of sites I'm on. Help where I can and when I want. Share my personal experiences. I usually avoid even talking about the site battle until something sets me off. Such as questioning my knowledge based on something someone TOLD you. It would set most people off.
Nope I think the "forum wars" are pretty ignorant but I can see reasons for people doing the things they have done. I just don't want to come over here and share my experiences if its all a bunch of closed minded people who are hung up on certain teachings. I try things most others wouldn't consider and I like to think outside the box. And so far it has been working well so I figured I will go where ever I want and share what I want instead of keeping myself confined to a few forums.
Sheesh, York has good solid info here. He reads and experiments and races and learns. Is not part of the cult of any one builder, listen to him.
If you really want to learn how to port, do one step at a time and see it it makes an improvement or not. Follow the scientific method they taught you in highschool. Take your stock cylinder exhaust, polish it, reassemble and try it. Faster? Now hog the hell out of it leaving it rough. Faster? Now polish it. Faster? You have learned something. Even through failure you learn something.
If you just follow and video or book article and go a dozen different mods, what have you learned for sure? Nothing! Just gained some hand skills.
Ken is a smart and sharing man, well worth listening to. He is willing to share and to work for the folks who don't have the time to learn on their own. From reading York's writings over the years, I'd say he has done plenty of hands on too, and I don't hear him slagging anyone here.
Steve
If you really want to learn how to port, do one step at a time and see it it makes an improvement or not. Follow the scientific method they taught you in highschool. Take your stock cylinder exhaust, polish it, reassemble and try it. Faster? Now hog the hell out of it leaving it rough. Faster? Now polish it. Faster? You have learned something. Even through failure you learn something.
If you just follow and video or book article and go a dozen different mods, what have you learned for sure? Nothing! Just gained some hand skills.
Ken is a smart and sharing man, well worth listening to. He is willing to share and to work for the folks who don't have the time to learn on their own. From reading York's writings over the years, I'd say he has done plenty of hands on too, and I don't hear him slagging anyone here.
Steve
Thank you Steve! I am in no way bashing any builder but I will say, people need to think for themselves to learn and to gain an advantage over the others. If I took the measurements from another builders head and copied it onto one of my racers head because "that is what works" what advantage have I gained? Nothing! Ken did great on those porting videos. Now it's time to try thinking outside of the box. Just like Steve here did with his stuffed port theory. You have to experiment even if your ideas seem out there. The only reason my motors are pulling to the front now is because we started redesigning things and thinking WAY outside the box. We have tried things that got laughs from other builders. But when they get passed by "the idiots" motor, they aren't laughing. >
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