(11-26-2023, 01:38 PM)turtle1hp Wrote: Ray, Wasn't there supposed to be a follow up to this thread, that showed the exhaust modifications? If it was ever posted, I must have missed it.
YES ~ The DIY Porting thread with Tim Ottinger was originally intended to include a "complete" writeup for the intake AND exhaust ports (plus possibly some chamber mods), and NO......you didn't "miss" the final portion. There was an "issue" with a missing photo or two in the intake installment that sorta put everything on hold, but "we" ultimately posted it up anyway.
THEN, I never really "pressed" Tim to send the pics/instructions for the exhaust segment, plus he became too busy anyway. Soooo........I/we dropped the ball. I share part of the blame, along with a couple of others (let the reader use discernment).
As it stands now.......(1) Tim is probably way too busy [a good thing] to bother with taking/sending more pics & telling others how to port heads for free, AND (2) This site has all but dried up [I'm one of the very few who continually monitor & respond to the few queries that are occasionally posted], in spite of Paul saying that he continues to get new member signups all the time.
PLUS.......I ASSume that many former Lima aficionados have moved on to more plentiful/powerful DOHC platforms, AND because of the increasing rarity of Lima engines & associated parts, along with the diminishing number of aftermarket suppliers who still sell &/or develop parts for 'em! <sigh>
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(former) '78 2.3T Courier w/blow-thru Autolite 2bbl carb ~ (current) '87 2.3T Ranger w/PiMP’d EFI
(former) '78 2.3T Courier w/blow-thru Autolite 2bbl carb ~ (current) '87 2.3T Ranger w/PiMP’d EFI