STANG KILLA SS 2

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thoughts?

TXsilverado

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using the theory of a golf ball demples. it could work. any flow numbers?

Rise of the Phoenix

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Is this Brett from Landspeed's heads? I believe he uses, or at least use to, use the dimple port method.

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1FastBrick

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I know this has been discussed before. Some believe it aids in the combustion chamber area too... would have to look back and see If I can find the threads later tonight.

unit

Looks good!

Rise of the Phoenix

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Is this the thread you're taking about?

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...-golfball.html

STANG KILLA SS 2

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im trying to get more info.
one comment was that it was a 2JZ head, another was that it was off a cosworth.
trying to find out more info, ie what were looking at, who did the work, before after numbers, etc.

Rise of the Phoenix

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Here is another thread that covers it. I was correct in that the thread posted below are Brett Land's heads from Land Speed Development.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...-trex-cam.html

1FastBrick

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Good job! I think there was even a thread a few years back where Brett chimed in briefly.

Rise of the Phoenix

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You don't see many guys at all running his ported heads, but he's been in business for a long time and still turns out products left and right, so he has to be doing something right.

kingtal0n

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Roughness will promote turbulence, help evaporate fuel, prevent fuel from sticking to ports, perhaps it doesn't need to be THAT rough but this is a well known concept. We do NOT want super smooth polished ports in most applications, specifically daily drivers/economy that require smooth idle and good drivability, and good response.

I think it is fantastic. I have no experience with it, but my internal sense of whats good is screaming hell yes.

3.8TransAM

Now we need a guinea pig.

Flow identical(as humanly possible) CNC heads with and without ports and test them on a dyno as well.

Then throw it in a car and test both ways as well.

Rise of the Phoenix

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I remember e-mailing Brett about those heads years ago, and if memory serves me correct, the port volume on those heads are in the 240cc range.

kingtal0n

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How are you going to test changes in fuel vaporization and drivability? it will be subjective to the driver "oh yeah I notice a big difference" there won't be any quantifiable data without specific kinds of sensors placed inside the engine to record the data we are curious about. Who is measuring the partially vaporized portion of their injected fuel these days? Fuel will sit on the intake valve in a slight puddle, by design the injection event is preferably metered to a closed intake valve. Fuel vaporization occurs when the valve opens and turbulence whips it into a gas state. The portion that evaporates or is leaving the main puddle due to injection pressure (fuel pressure) is climbing up the intake runner, and insignificant compared to the mass in the main puddle sitting on the valve (and it may even be lost to another cylinder in specific conditions which may contribute to lean cylinder misfire during re-limiter fuel cut situations, or it is implied that the commonly acceptable way of rev-limiting a daily driver is by cutting fuel to each cylinder in a specific order or pattern, allowing events to occur between fuel cut cylinders, instead of all at once being cut together)

KCS

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A Mustang Dyno and a 5 gas analyzer would probably fit the bill.

It seems gimmicky to me. If it was worth something, I would think all the racing programs in NASCAR/F1/etc would be doing it...but they're not.

kingtal0n

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It might be just as effective as an OEM cast finish or any other kind of rough surface might give. it just looks different. I am kind of skeptical of any sensor detecting a difference in a rough cast vs this sort of job. The way the head is shaped (think of "twisted wedge" heads) may have an influence, perhaps it is best served also with a specific shape intake or valve job as well. We cant possible try all combinations. But nevertheless, I am enjoying how they ported then re-incorporated the roughness somehow.

truckdoug

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speed dimples, lol.

Taxman20

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I didn't read 100% of this or go to the attached links. But the golf ball dimples actually might create a cushion of air at each dimple which really makes it flow smoother and not rougher. It also looks like he is trying to create a swirl pattern to the airflow as it goes further into the port. He is curving the dimples.

I think it would be hard to test for more than actual flow numbers. I would be curious to see what the flow pattern looks like as well as the fuel atomization.

I also agree that since he has been doing this for a while, if it were to actually benefit the engine with making more power, then it would be more widely used and sought after, especially by the pro level race series and teams.

LLLosingit

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This might help you understand the principle behind dimples and airflow.