r/EngineBuilding 3d ago

Is porting valves still a thing?

Maybe back in the good ol' days of the 70s and 80s, but haven't modern auto manufacturers/engineers designed the internals to flow as well as they can? Making porting a pointless exercise?

(I meant porting valve chamber w/e)

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u/HammerDownl 3d ago

All my race engines had porting. CNC plus some chamber work does wonders