Good choices, I must check them out if Wisecos are no-go.
Meanwhile, here's something from tonight.
Got a bit venturous with the polishing wheel:
The engine is not going to be a polsihed showpiece though the rest of the engine will be mostly black and red
Plug threads were fouled pretty good:

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I like how good the threads turned out to be
The main subject however was this:
I started working on the VICS. These are worked ports, with no sharp corners. There was a slight cast defect at the 5pm position on the #4 runner, I tried to smoothen it. I wonder if I should still increase the radios and make them more smooth, but at that stage they're quite a bit more smooth than stock. For comparison, here's the two unworked ports:
