Identifying a ported and polished head

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

A ported and polished head will have ports that are polished.
 Ports are the 'holes' where the intake runners exit the head....

Larry  sandiego16v

> Last night I pulled the head from the JH engine in my '86.  The PO told me
that the head had been ported and polished, but it looks completely stock to
me.  Am I correct in assuming that a P&P head would be smooth in the area
behind the intake valves (instead of the usual rough casting finish), or am
I totally wrong about what P&P means?
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> Bill
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