Porting small block 915 j-heads

The thing that stands out the most to me from those cutaways is how close the guide bore gets to water after drilling for a 1/2” guide.

These are not my heads. Got the pic's from a guy that blow a hole thru the bowl and then decided to cut up the other head.
They may have been bored out for insert to be installed...........but either way, still another good reason, to run a Smaller Valve Stem, Valve.