What is porting?

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What is porting?

Post by DoubtedNeon » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:33 pm

stupid question? what is it?
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Post by TheRandom1 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:08 pm

Porting when referring to an intake manifold, is when you open up the airways on the manifold. This helps get more air flowing through, which increases power. However, porting too much will have negative effects, so if you are looking into doing this, be careful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting_%28engine%29

Or, in computer terms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting
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