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.


Personally, I don't like to go over 88% on a 45 degree seat but I know Chad Spier and many others will go up to 94%.

Over 88% I just use a 50 degree seat. I like the shape of the bowl better at percentages over 88.