CNC Mill Mark Removal in Intake Port

That head with the short S.S. and massive throat is basically unfixable. I find anything over 90% may look good on the bench but underperform on the dyno and even more so in real world part throttle conditions. 90.5% MAX---93%=JUNK.

As for surface finish what you are really doing is altering boundary layer thickness--I leave everything I do AS Carbided, polishing is a complete waste of time and only makes dust. Will customers complain? Probably. If they don't trust your judgement/expertise you don't want them as a customer anyways. I also wouldn't follow what the flowbench says chasing flownumbers based on surface finish. Which finish makes more power?

As for fuel mixing--If your carb/EFI tune is not atomizing the fuel and you are relying on the surface finish in the port to re-atomize the liquid fuel--your problem isn't surface finish--its the fuelmixer/tuneup. J.Rob
Would going to a 2.08 valve help? I think it would only bring the throat to about 90%, which sounds too big still...otherwise it sounds like SM just has a program to hog out the ports for show, not go. Sounds like money would be better spent (at least on SM heads, and in search of higher end power) to get the non-CNC versions in the hands of an experienced person...or pony up for some better heads altogether?