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I know that it is best to leave full bowl flowing modifications to the pros but I would like to know if there are any minor areas or modifications that could be addressed myself that would improve things? I have been porting cylinder heads and intakes for 17 years and I am a self proclaimed master of the die grinder, so handling the tools isn't a problem. Can anyone give good accurate advice on the areas that should be reshaped/sharpened/material removed etc. etc.? I have both a Berkeley bowl and a Dominator bowl from the late eighties that are in stock form.
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Whatever you do, get proffesional advice before you do anything. I bought a used split bowl a while back, made my boat drive like shit. I did not know that the bowl was the problem cause i changed the bowl and diverter at the same time. I blamed the diverter till i sent it back to where i bought it from. HTP told me the bowl had been modified by someone who obviously did not know what they were doing. I bought a new bowl and it fixed my problem.
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I here ya Taylorman that's why I am on here asking.
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I was advised against doing mine myself.
I saw these posted awhile back. Maybe you can get an idea from them.
VANES
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/3371Vanes.gif
VANE MAGIC
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data...1VaneMagic.gif
Peace Man! :cool:
CESAR
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How about the front of the bowl ???
I was advised against doing mine myself.
I saw these posted awhile back. Maybe you can get an idea from them.
VANES
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/3371Vanes.gif
VANE MAGIC
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data...1VaneMagic.gif
Peace Man! :cool:
CESAR
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Thanks for the pictures. Any idea what kind of bowl that is? It looks like they removed a fair amount of material. I am trying to decide whether or not to approach this like a cylinder head. I don't know much about water flow characteristics though and I am sure that there are things that apply differently when dealing with water flow VS. fuel/air flow. Any other before and after pictures would be cool. Does anyone know of a good physics book that talks about water flow characteristics?
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What I'd seen before didn't look like any rocket science so I took an aluminum cutting carbide burr and sharpened the blunt ends of the vanes myself.
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Hi unchained, did you work both sides of the vanes or just sharpen from one side? Did you do the entry and exit side of the bowl.
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How about the front of the bowl ???
I'd like to see some of the front too. I don't have any. Anybody else?
Peace Man!:cool:
CESAR
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Hipshot, thats a berk flowed by MPD.
If your going to do it yourself, use caution you could screw it up in a heartbeat.
CS