i was once in the same boat you are in right now.....along w/all the builders out there. everyone has to start somewhere. i bought lots of books, did lots of reading, and bought some TSR software to use. not to be a smartass or anything, but if you don't know what "port and polish" or "head milling" means, you don't want to just start tearing apart your engine and start doing it yourself. you'll wreck something faster than you can eye blink. porting involves changing port shapes, sizes, durations, roof angles, hook angles, etc, to achieve a particular powerband.....meaning low end motor, low-mid, mid-top, or all top end. head milling can be as simple as just doing a straight cut, to lessen the squish clearance and up the compression ratio, or it can get more involved, where you cut the squish band angle to a specific angle, cut the squish band angle to have a certain area ratio, or a certain squish clearance, or a certain cc volume, or a certain MSV (maximum squish velocity)....not to mention that all of this has to be setup for the certain powerband that your porting is setup for....they have to compliment one another, not fight one another. also, your pipe has to match the head and port work. if you need porting or headwork done, i can do that, as i have access to the correct tools, etc. others like flotek and kennedy power, can help you out too. for porting, you need some good "foredom" and "cc specialties" tools. your typical dremel will be crap for this "artistic" type work. plus, in order to do the transfers properly, you need the 90deg handpiece from cc specialties. you'll end up spending $800 or so, tools to do the porting alone. hope this helps. if you are still set on doing it yourself, be prepared to spend some $ on books, some $ on tools, and some $ on replacement cylinders, to replace the ones you will probably ruin.
