ProComp/Speedmaster aluminum heads

I did that. I screwed up and did it in a existing thread and couldn't finish it. Why you ask? Because it always (I don't care the topic, name any topic...politics, religion, sex, money, food, carburation...whatever) takes 50 times more work to refute an error than it is to say it.

For example...you can run 1-1.5 points more compression with aluminum heads then you can with iron.

One short sentence. If I reply the head doesn't know what it's made of, which is no different that the statement you make won't suffice because you don't accept it and say you want "science". Then I ask what "science" do you have to support your presupposition?

I have over 30 years of actual doing it to back me up. I've been running big (big is a relative term) compression on pump gas on iron heads and can tell you, it doesn't matter what the head is made of.

Now, back to the "science" you want. Like I said above, I started doing that but the typing literally made my hands swell up. That's how much it will take for me to explain the "science" to you. I think I had 4, maybe 5 posts in that thread that were at least AJ length posts. So if you think about it...that's a TON of typing. And my RA just doesn't tolerate that much typing.

If you can find that thread over in the small block forum put it at the top and I'll finish it.

But the "science" says head material doesn't matter regarding compression ratio.
Then I can make it simple with these questions. One word answers.
  1. Does aluminum dissipate heat faster than cast iron?
  2. Does air being contained (cylinder, balloon, tire) lose pressure in cooler temp?
  3. Does less cylinder pressure create more or less horsepower?
  4. So IF aluminum creates less cylinder pressure, does it allow more compression to be run to make up for the loss of cylinder pressure?
Again, how many different engines somebody has built or what credentials they have, it's really this simple to me unless somebody can explain it with better logic. I'm not saying I'm right, but until my simple logic is debunked with better logic, I have to stand by what I think... for now. I'm always open to learning.