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Old 04-12-2007, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian Baker
How do you profess to get the port tall enough without getting into the valve cover rail to make 400-cfm and retain the pushrod "bulge"? What compensations will be made to the spring seats and the area above the port roof to retain wall thickness integrity?
I'm pretty sure the highport heads are physically taller than a E-head or iron head = You have more material to work with. I was told that the pushrod hole is offset .200 as cast. I've heard that you can go to a 2.55" tall port without much trouble. With a 1.2 x 2.55 port you should have enough CSA to feed a 505 to 6600rpm.

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