Early 5.7 Hemi head porting

DionR said

Makes complete sense. I am putting an Eagle 5.7 in mine with the idea that if that isn't enough a 6.4 is a simple swap from there. The idea being that this doesn't have to be the final build.

Wish I could find the article linked in the thread I linked to above. Seems it is gone and I'm coming up blank. I think they give some verbal clues, but the article sure would have been nice. Best guess is it was in an Engine Masters magazine.

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I had seen that thread already. I tried finding the article too, but I guess Popular Hotrodding is gone now.

If you haven't seen the early head port, the intake port has a vertical "bump" in it where the pushrod passes. There's plenty of meat there and I smoothed it out very easily, which made the transition into the pocket much nicer also. The casting around the valve guide is also very chunky. I narrowed that up a bit. Lasty, the pockets were surprisingly small under the valve seats. It was super easy to smooth that out and make it the same size as the seat.
I've only just started on an exhaust port and they have some strange casting in the pocket. They too seem super easy to improve.
I'll never have a A vs. B test but figured I'd do this before the motor goes in. I had to remove the valve springs anyway for the cam upgrade, so why not spend a little time making things better.