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Originally Posted by Gach
Thought of some more questions, is there room to add head bolts, instead of the typical 4 per cylinder. Is there any particular reason why you kept it an in-line valve head?
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We are going to build a Pontiac RA-V race-only block with two more bolts per cylinder. The first version will be with a 4.500 (plus change) bore and the second will be a 4.600 plus bore. Of course some smart street guy will put all the race stuff into a street car and break all barriers of I dont do it first
Each cylinder head has its advantages and its disadvantages. When doing a HP Pontiac motor you pick your poison ;-). Then you try to exemplify the advantages and minimize the limiting areas. My opinion a RA-V has a pretty good package to that ultimate end. Ford spent millions of research dollars and was committed to the Tunnel port concept when the GM of Chevrolet (Bernie Knudsen) became President of Ford and scrapped everything by bringing over his engineering team from Chevrolet and switch to the splayed valve design.
Now we are getting into philosophy that needs to be under a different post.
