Why would low lift head flow hurt power?

Forty years ago we had to read to learn anything. You know yourself once you get to a point you want to just do it and test. I shared all those Darren Morgan porting videos and never watch a single one. But yet I’ve done 20 plus flow tests in a day, made port molds, taken a notebook and pen to bed. I sleep like crap because I think all night about crap. I retired 13 years ago and I’m still doing millwright work in my sleep. Now if I question myself on a job I’ll watch a few YouTube videos and do it. Heck I take notes at church and rarely go back to them. I should but Dont. I bought a book on porting LS heads and read 1/3 if it to find out which ones to buy, and why.

I agree, you have to read and then do. And, you can’t just take everything you read and accept it. You have to test it and then do other things.

Thats why I flowed everything at as high a test pressure as I could. I flowed everything in reverse. I have tested probably 6, maybe 7 different 50 degree seats, probably 20 different 45’s and several 55’s. And I developed 3 or 4 (I forget if I actually had the 4th one made) seats that I couldn’t find, but only one actually worked and it has a very limited use.

Running a full set of tests on every seat is time consuming plus it generates huge amounts of data that you have to look through and analyze.

I spend more time looking at the data coming off the dyno than I do making pulls. Especially when looking at the fuel curve. And timing. Timing is a real PITA to do.