{Initial Draft} Porting

  1. Intake Ports
  2. Exhaust Ports


Porting Templates from various outlets are available online: https://www.pineappleracing.com/portingtemplatesandequipment.aspx

Intake Ports

The following has been taken from: https://www.fc3spro.com/TECH/PORT/porting.html
Rotary engine porting is the key to making efficient power.  There are lots of options available, and the page is dedicated to showing the basic port jobs that most people have.


At left is a typical street port; right is the stock port for comparison.


Typical mild bridge port – bridge is for corner seal riding on rotor


Mild bridge port showing back-cut profile


Serious bridge port, also known as a J-bridge or auxiliary (bridge) port


Stock rotor housing on left; peripheral port rotor housing on right


Prepped side housing for peripheral port engine showing blocked stock intake port

Exhaust Ports


The following information was taken from: http://fc3spro.com/TECH/MODS/ENGINE/INTERNAL/RHOUSING/export.htm

For forced induction rotary motors that include turbocharging, the rule of thumb is not to port the exhaust ports “upwards”; porting upwards increases timing overlap between exhaust and intake.  You can take out material on the sides and downward from the original, stock exhaust port.  Be warned about going too low on the exhaust port – this also kills torque, and I don’t recommend going too much down for a street/mild powered engine running under 300bhp.  Keep in mind to radius all corners of the exhaust port like the original ports to keep transitions of the apex seal moving over the exhaust port smooth.

The stock stainless steel exhaust sleeve usually prevents any extreme exhaust porting; you need to transition the exhaust port walls into the sleeves to keep exhaust flow smooth.  Very few shops offer thinner exhaust sleeves for radical exhaust ports.  Overly large exhaust ports are not always a good thing for turbo motors, as the larger passages decrease exhaust gas velocity.  Higher exhaust gas velocities are wanted to push the turbocharger more efficiently.

FC3S Pro:  Exhaust Porting
Stage I exhaust port
This exhaust port is for use on an engine making about 300hp.
Another pic of Stage I exhaust port
This is a better pic than the above without the glare, as it shows the radiused edges very clearly.
Stage II exhaust port compared to stock exhaust port
This exhaust port is for use on an engine making about 400hp.
This exhaust port can flow up to 600hp.
Another pic of Stage II exhaust port compared to stock exhaust port