Intro to a port job

help me out a little here
Are you saying that removing the flat spot around the exhaust hurts flow, or that sinking the valve to remove that flat spot hurts flow.
I can not see how removing the flat spot with a 15 0r 30 would hurt the flow..... should help right?
The angles are good, but removing too much material at the chamber around the exhaust, for me at least showed no gain and a small loss. I've put a junk valve in, ground the lip out smooth and lost some lower lift flow. Key is some chambers are more shrouded than others, so working there can be a gain on some heads.. then a nothing on others who arent plagued by shrouding