W2 Mopar inspection w/RAMM
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Then when I bought my flow bench I realized how many straight bullshitters there are. They all talk “shape, shape, shape” but they live and die by flow numbers. You can make a head make more HP and make the car quicker and lose flow on a bench. Especially on the exhaust side. Shape is everything, and size is close second.
Most will recognize your echoing statement in which I must agree with. I have been doing a lot of reading around the internet and books by various people known for high performance, racing and head porting. The only thing I think you left out was pretty doesn’t mean good ether! LMAO! What also isn’t talked about much outside of shape and flow numbers is what leaves most people behind on what is going on. As with all things automotive, even the cylinder head is part of the performance Equation!
A good example but not shown with the expected “BIG” results of how far is to far is the engine masters episode where they wanted to see if the internet foder talk of, “Can you use to big of a cylinder head on your engine?” was true or not. While they actually did show it, the combo was off to really demonstrate it well.
Is it possible? Sure. But it is combo and goal dependent.
These are the things most every newbie doesn’t understand and most intermediate hobbyist have yet to fully grasp.
As a basic idea (and selling point) more flow equals more power for your engine. Only in generally this is true and why most people chase that big flow numbers without regard or seemingly any care.
I think an excellent example is the thread with the Hugesengines small block head not living up to expectations. A perfect example maybe?
Still, my hats off to that member for putting himself out there in creating that thread and being totally honest and transparent in his search for help and more power.
Just because you own a flowbench doesn't necessarily make you an induction expert. The top guys hate talking about flow rates and they really have to be pressed to get them to utter a flow number actually. If you're talking to a "pro" and all they are focused on is a CFM number then maybe get a second or third opinion. I'm going to answer the rest of this thought in a different response or whole new thread.
I agree with this a lot. I have been reading about porting heads for a while now. Looking forward to the thread.
Yes they are human if that's what you mean but I'm a pro when I am getting paid to port. I take issue with your statement here YR.
Hey RAMM. I can see and understand your statement. While I’m not in the habit of defending people on the board much less YR since he is fully capable, I personally didn’t see it as offensive to you or any other head porter here. But more of a poke to “Other charlatans” that have made an appearance here, around the internet etc....
