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Originally Posted by TimeWarp
Yes, Slick is correct. I have a turbo car that made some good hp with a set of E-heads. Not in the 1400-1500 range, but had I turned up the boost it could have. And then I could have hauled it home in a few buckets. lol
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Sorry about getting the HP numbers wrong, we talked about lots of stuff, I was trying to absorb it all and my feeble old brain must have moved some numbers around.
I could be off base, but I think that the CV-1 objections can boil down to a few points:
1) Early promoters bragging about the head's capabilities. Standards which apparently were not met. I wasn't reading those posts back then, but repeated posts suggesting that was the case have made it plain.
2) The head has canted valves unlike any traditional factory Pontiac cylinder head. The inline valves are a key feature of the Pontiac V8, and deprting from this design feature leads many to say that it's then no longer a Pontiac, but a hideous breed (hybrid).
To that point, I think if the head to be accepted as a Pontiac head option, it had better outperform all inline heads. Period. If not, then what's the point of giving up an original design feature, one frequently used as a reason (an excuse?) for Pontiac engines not performing as well as hemispherical headed and canted valve engines of the competition. We give up that underdog point without unquestioned superiority over the E-head, Tiger, HP, Wenzler, etc.
3) The head will not accept a traditional Pontiac valve cover. Don't dismiss this point. A lot of guys need a Pontiac engine to have the traditional Pontiac engine look.
4) As John Marcella has frequently pointed out, basic design architecture could have been done differently. Personally, I have no idea, but Marcella knows his trade very well and continually proves it. Had his ideas been incorporated in the design, who knows, maybe the head would show the utter dominance that was hoped for by the inventor.
5) The willingness to go down into the gutter and argue with the head's detractors, by the head's promoters. I don't care how skilled, or intelligent you are. When you reply the way you do, and so repeatedly, it makes one wonder, do you not know how petty you sound, and "shouldn't you be doing something productive?
Is it possible to simply accept this, move on and produce some awesome performance parts for the rest of us?