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Old 11-04-2005, 03:59 PM
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Talking about 23° Gen I/II heads, but I know there are a lot of good head porters on this site.

Is there any (good) reason for having the inner two exhaust ports on each head slightly narrower than the outer two? No variance in height, just in width, and the 4 "inside" ports are almost exactly the same size, and the 4 "outside" ports are almost exactly the same size.

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Originally Posted by Birdie2000
Talking about 23° Gen I/II heads, but I know there are a lot of good head porters on this site.

Is there any (good) reason for having the inner two exhaust ports on each head slightly narrower than the outer two? No variance in height, just in width, and the 4 "inside" ports are almost exactly the same size, and the 4 "outside" ports are almost exactly the same size.

Any thoughts?
This is a "packaging" compromise, no real gain just has to fit between 2 middle bolt holes in head.
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That's kinda what I thought, but why not just make the outer ports the narrower size as well? I'd think that the consistancy between the ports would be essential in a good tune.
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Originally Posted by Birdie2000
That's kinda what I thought, but why not just make the outer ports the narrower size as well? I'd think that the consistancy between the ports would be essential in a good tune.
Thats a good question, i think center ports run hotter, and under running conditions would flow close to the cooler, larger end ports because of velocity associated with higher temps. Makes sense to me, not sure this was the origonal intent but it seems it would equalize flow somewhat.




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