I am considering having my intake manifold port and polished. Joe Alaniz has great feedback and his prices seem reasonable, but I hear he has a massive downtime and I can't sit with my car like that for months.
Is this something any head shop can do? Or is it best left to trusted Alaniz?
Does anybody have experience with this? Any comments are appreciated. Thanks!

 

Just a port and polish? waste of money !

Now if port match the intake to the head,flow match the injectors,CC the head and have the head ported with bigger valves,match the exhaust side to a good header like J's or Toda,and go to a ported or larger TB;then would a ported intake manifold show it's worth.

You could easily have 6K in that set up;is it worth it? Only you can say.

BTW Alaniz is top shelf

 

Thanks for the input.
I am already have a header (and rest of exhaust) and an intake. I am getting a throttle body port matched to the head and getting oversized valves.
Supertech Valves - $220
Throttle Body - $200
Port & Polish (TB Match) - $225 @ Alaniz (says on site?)

Not bad I hope...

 

TTT... Surely more people have an input!

 

I was looking at the supertech valves yesterday. Nice.

Alaniz should be able to turn the manifold around quickly. Have you talked with him yet?

 

$650.00 plus gaskets,oil,coolant,new plugs,and labor to reassemble. One question are you to going to use an EMS to reap the benefits of above said changes?

 

If and when you actually take the intake mani off you will see the inside is already smooth with almost zero room or metal to port or for that matter polish. If you port match thats find but i do not see any room for a real gain in power..

 

I will use an AEM EMS, and I am port matching it to a TB so I figured a P&P couldn't hurt at the same time.
I suppose I should contact Alaniz - I just heard he takes forever... But I should talk to him! Thanks!

 

if you have money to blow i guess go for it.... buti would love to see on a dyno were the power increase is

 

Better have the exterior of the intake polished;will add to the BLING factor!!!