Exotic-metal55

Going to put my ported heads on now and start getting ready for the Mile. Going to do the job with a few friends and just have fun with it.

This head porter is the BEST IMO. Former engineer, passion for flow testing everything and maximizing power!. One of the best customer porters at maintaining high velocity from low lift to high lift.

Nice things about ported heads, no idle issues, no drivability issues either like with cams. You just a lot flow more air into the chamber and the engine becomes more effecient. These heads are flow designed, custom hand ported, milled, complete race valve job (special for AMG) and of course cleaned and prepped like new. He found that some of our factory valves can be cast out of round; so each valve is tested, replaced and re-ground to the highest flow specs.

As I have mentioned before; I spent my money and time on ported heads and not on the CAMS I have seen used by our members. Ported Heads are where the power is at. IMO

I had him make 2 Extra sets, if anyone wants to POWER UP!

badm

Your heads look real good , who did the porting for you and where is he located what was the cost?. Does he do porting & polishing heads for others or just special people. Badm

TTMotorsports

Brooke=

I am doing a M113k swap into a CLK55 and last night I mentioned the heads to the owner and he is all for it. Have to call Shardul. Just trying to decide between a 195mm or 205mm!

Good luck with the install!

GT-ER

Please, please please do a before and after dyno....pleaseeee!

Exotic-metal55

Bruce, that is going to be a crazy build in a lightweight AMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would go 195mm for your customer. Cams would be a great addition too, with heads and mogambo pulley.


Yes, that is the plan but it is a 1.5 hour drive each way to the dyno I have been using. I had a couple part throttle only flashes since my last dyno, but plan to make sure those flashes did not change WOT power.

Badm, Porter is in SE Texas and he and I worked together on almost a year of R&D on these heads. So many detailed specs sheets on our engines went into the plan of porting, it was mind boggling. Basic things like cam specs, compression, boost, power, torque, stock VS modded power and ET`s. Dyno sheets to study power curves and max TQ and HP averages. Bore/stroke and the list goes on and on.

He has contracts with pro-touring race circuits and is loaded with their work. I commited to buy X amount of heads to be able to get a porter of this caliber to do the proper R&D needed to do the job right. I have known him and he has made heads for me in the past! I personally trust no other person to do custom work like this.

If you need one of the few sets I had made for us, PM me and I will get them shipped out to you.

kamilclk430

Congrats I bet the car is a beast when its all done.

badm

I'm definitely in the market for heads need to see dyno first ,, need pricing too ,, Badm

O-55

+1 on before and after numbers.

Good luck at the mile, and more importantly, be safe.

Exotic-metal55

Thanks for the well wishes. I should be real safe, as it looks like my Wife will be the main driver this time. I am listed as ther alternate driver , as we are still having competitive verbal exchanges over me running .10 faster in the mile than her. Turtles crawl faster than that.

Of the four sets of heads, two sets are sold , another person is checking on getting his car to an installer and so that leaves one set, maybe 2. Since all our performance stuff is limited, I usually get a few extras made at the same time I have something made for my car.

I have 4 other projects going on right now for mods for the car and they are all being custom desinged and made. I am just finishing up a design project for NASA, so have more time for personal car mods now! Just in time for the cold weather.

Now to find a set of CF5`s!!!

aghakauve

GAWWDD Im excited.. What days are you going to be at the mile?

shardul

iTrader: (1)

do I need to cancel my Sunday Funday plans if we are going to install these bad boys any time soon

V12Godspeed

Brooke- Best of luck buddy. Go get your 190!!!

shardul

iTrader: (1)

more like 195 or 205

munich55

Looks great !!!
Your car is a beast !!!

V12Godspeed

Absolutely. Why not?

BenzoBoi

SO SICK!~!

95ONE

I'm just doing a little digging. I have seen a few posts about ported heads like these. I have yet to see anyone post up a before and after Dyno. Or just an after dyno. SO worthless without actual performance numbers. Common on every car forum I've been on though. Did anyone ever prove power was made with these? Link?

blackbenzz

To put it simply... No. Welcome to the mbworld. Lots of hype... no hard results

b0kix

I am doing the same thing on customer car with racing springs and ti retainer. We are also making custom cams that will go with this engine, I will post soon a thread build. Make sure u post before and after flow testing.

Max.H

Porting the heads will increase CFM. They will make power. But, without bigger cams, the true potential is yet to be fully realized.

cnterline

Who is porting heads ? If there were real proven gains everyone would be doing it no , seems like black magic ,smoke and mirrors ,this is why I haven't done it yet .somebody prove me wrong and post some before and after dyno or qtr mile data

badm

I agree about porting heads nobody is showing dyno #s,,, I wonder why , Oh no tuners are show results either , I wonder why ? So what is the real benefits than ? . Like someone just posted smoke & mirrors and all hype and no results .

Exotic-metal55

I have posted plenty of dyno numbers on my mods, as I did them over the last 7 years, including the gains from ported BIG valve heads. I went from 555- 560 RWHP when I ran the Texas mile to 618 -620 rwhp with the heads and stock cam. I did the ported heads, as I wanted big power gains and not mess with the couple baby cams out, that many 1/4 mile leaders removed after they lost ET with the cams.

Super high flowing heads on a boosted engine allows for lot of power gains/options to be had and boost effeciency becomes your big cam VS what the naturally aspirated engines get from heads and cams.

Have a set of ported race heads on the shelf and ready to go right now. PM me if you need a set.

95ONE

I was hoping you would chime in.

I did a search and looked for an hour in your threads. I didn't find anything on what you said above, but you have made many Threads and Posts, and The thread titles might not have given an indication of your head gains.

Could you possibly direct me to the post the specifies your gains so that I may read up on it? I've enjoyed all your threads I've read so far.

Very interesting statement on the aftermarket cams and 1/4 mile times. I don't doubt that. Have you decided on a serious cam upgrade?

cnterline

So roughly 60 RWHP is what JUST the heads did ? ,no other mods , who does the work ?