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Old 08-12-2004, 06:53 PM
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Here is some heads I bought. He was running them on a 396 all bore. Will I have a problem with the bigger heads? Should I just not worry about them? Would I pick up more power going smaller valve?



ARE stage 2 heads upgraded to stage 3,

2.055/1.60.
Flow #: Int/Ext
200- 140-117
300- 199-181
350- 228-198
400- 252-207
450- 272-211
500- 285-214
550- 299-215
600- 312-217
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they work great
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They work good
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thats as big as you need to go! i got the same in my heads
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2.055/1.60 valves work great in a 346.
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They prob flow to much you could just give them to me and I'll go ahead and give ya mine.... Anyway they should work great!
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The valve size is not the issue. I have 2.08/1.60s on my stock bore. If the heads you bought were on a 396 all-bore, then the combustion chambers have been opened up beyond the stock bore. You might ask whether that will have an impact.

Were the flow numbers on stock bore or the larger bore?

i'll have some ARE SII heads for sale soon if want some.
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Thanks. i will look into that.

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like ragtop asked....what are the combustion chamber sizes? thats whats going to make the difference. the valve size is going to help you, not hurt.
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Originally Posted by Ragtop 99
The valve size is not the issue. I have 2.08/1.60s on my stock bore.
What happened to keeping bore size and valve size proportional?




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