Finally, to assure a good head gasket seal, we gave our head a light surfacing on a mill with a really fine slow feed to give a finish as smooth as possible. This enables the leak free use of MLS and other tough head gaskets. We removed the minimum amount of metal possible, which was just enough to assure a completely flat sealing surface.
With our head now ready to rock, we'll turn our attention to the valve train and header to complete our engine.
After porting, our intake...
After porting, our intake and exhaust ports are now finished. This gets you about 50 percent of the flow gains that a really good head guy could get you with a lot of flow bench time, labor, and money.
Here's our completed head...
Here's our completed head after milling the deck surface and a thorough deburr and Scotch-Brite cleanup. Although our work looks pretty stock, it will give a nice gain in power.