Surprise! Now what...

Jpar the reason I asked and I did it myself years ago is just jumping up to a bigger valve should always help but proper sizing is needed. Throat sizing under the valve is often overlooked. The throat on an intake valve should be 88-91% of the valve size. Some guys push this figure a little but if you lose the venture effect (speeding air flow) exiting the valve, you trash the head. To small and you lose available gains.
You might as well have wrote that in a different language LOL... I'm willing to learn though..