in the AFTERMARKET HEADS.... THERES DECADES OF RESEARCH AND STEADY IMPROVEMENTS IN TECH.
read thru this
http://carcraft.automotive.com/79483/cc ... index.html
www.cartechbooks.com
brodix and trickflow have in my opinion,the best looking machine work
dart, profiler ,edelbrock and AFR all come in a close second
some of the other stuff looks like its slapped together by drunk monkeys
Id suggest sticking to those 5 brands
which of the 5 I use depends on the application but BRODIX,AFR,TRICKFLOW. DART,EDELBROCK, in roughly that order for SBC, and TRICKFLOW,AFR,BRODIX,DART,EDELBROCK in roughly that order for BBC I feel are the best value,..I.E. price for what you get,
and obviously you need to research what cylinder head matches the engine build requirement you require
www.summitracing.com
OPEN VS CLOSED CHAMBER
normal oval ports
MID SIZE OVAL PORT HEADS
MID SIZE VS PEANUT PORT HEADS
http://www.j-performance.com/index.php? ... view&id=28
http://www.profilerperformance.com/specials.html
http://www.airflowresearch.com/17-23.pdf
www.jegs.com
www.summitracing.com
BTW YOU CAN RUN A RECTANGLE PORT INTAKE ON OVAL PORT HEADS
theres a noticeable port mismatch but IT still works much better than most guys would suspect it might
those PEANUT PORT HEADS are just a bit worse than this, picture of the standard oval port heads with a rectangle gasket
EXHAUST PORTS
OPEN CHAMBER COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
DIFFERENCE IN APPEARANCE
www.jegs.com
RECTANGLE PORTS
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...sue-based-on-mis-information.6414/#post-25995
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...lock-chevy-heads-pictures-info.410/#post-1907
theres some good info in these links (below)
http://www.corvetteclub.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=48358
http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/techa ... index.html
http://www.airflowresearch.com/17-23.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Rod-Horsepowe ... pd_sim_b_3
http://www.profilerperformance.com/bbc-heads-174.html
http://www.cferacing.com/products.php?id=4
http://www.profilerperformance.com/bbc-heads-174.html
http://www.amazon.com/How-Rebuild-Your- ... 4JRJ6GRMQH
http://www.worldcastings.com/products/m ... heads.html
read thru this
http://carcraft.automotive.com/79483/cc ... index.html

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dart, profiler ,edelbrock and AFR all come in a close second
some of the other stuff looks like its slapped together by drunk monkeys
Id suggest sticking to those 5 brands
which of the 5 I use depends on the application but BRODIX,AFR,TRICKFLOW. DART,EDELBROCK, in roughly that order for SBC, and TRICKFLOW,AFR,BRODIX,DART,EDELBROCK in roughly that order for BBC I feel are the best value,..I.E. price for what you get,
and obviously you need to research what cylinder head matches the engine build requirement you require

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normal oval ports

MID SIZE OVAL PORT HEADS

MID SIZE VS PEANUT PORT HEADS

http://www.j-performance.com/index.php? ... view&id=28
http://www.profilerperformance.com/specials.html
http://www.airflowresearch.com/17-23.pdf
valve seat angles and the actual angles cut on the valve edges them selfs and how you have the area under the valve in the port bowl area cut and blended has a marked effect on your engines air flow.
for performance use there's lots of tweaks you can use, to boost torque and horsepower,
a chevy V8 engine is basically a machine designed to maximize the use of combustion pressure , generated from a mix of air and fuel ignited and burnt over a piston once it's passed top dead center through a connecting rod connected to a crankshaft
you increase power by increasing the initial volume...
for performance use there's lots of tweaks you can use, to boost torque and horsepower,
a chevy V8 engine is basically a machine designed to maximize the use of combustion pressure , generated from a mix of air and fuel ignited and burnt over a piston once it's passed top dead center through a connecting rod connected to a crankshaft
you increase power by increasing the initial volume...
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BTW YOU CAN RUN A RECTANGLE PORT INTAKE ON OVAL PORT HEADS
theres a noticeable port mismatch but IT still works much better than most guys would suspect it might
those PEANUT PORT HEADS are just a bit worse than this, picture of the standard oval port heads with a rectangle gasket
EXHAUST PORTS


OPEN CHAMBER COMBUSTION CHAMBERS

DIFFERENCE IN APPEARANCE

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http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...sue-based-on-mis-information.6414/#post-25995
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...lock-chevy-heads-pictures-info.410/#post-1907
theres some good info in these links (below)
http://www.corvetteclub.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=48358
http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/techa ... index.html
http://www.airflowresearch.com/17-23.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Rod-Horsepowe ... pd_sim_b_3
http://www.profilerperformance.com/bbc-heads-174.html
http://www.cferacing.com/products.php?id=4
http://www.profilerperformance.com/bbc-heads-174.html
http://www.amazon.com/How-Rebuild-Your- ... 4JRJ6GRMQH


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