[tc]

Originally Posted by jetallman

Wow I have a set of those laying around and thought they were worthless

Grab a die grinder and get to it. Have fun with them. I think they would flow pretty good doing half the work I did. I read someone called them a poor mans ram air head. The ports are taller and the bowl is a little larger than my 1971 # 96's.

Originally Posted by 71 Ventura II

I missed something, I see a sheet showing Intake flow: @.500 273 cfm @.550 279 cfm. Where is the flow sheet showing 294 cfm? confused....

I did not see a reason to post that flow sheet. Just wanted to tell the story. Their was a higher flow # at an higher lift. I just told about the 294 cfm at .500 lift because it seemed the most impressive, or should I say inaccurate.

Originally Posted by slowbird

Did I read that correctly, that the port has 460-470fps for airspeed? Where in the port was that measured?
Wonder what a 45 degree seat would do for you.
Awesome numbers, you did a great job.

That is correct on the FPS. Air moving 1 1/2 football fields in one second, unreal. I thought about a 45 degree seat as I know you like and use that. I wanted to stay with what Steve was teaching me.

Originally Posted by Half-Inch Stud

As if the Intake divider & gasket corners were hardly modified.

That intake runner flow is at excellence. As if Oink 1 (Greg Merrick) did the work.
Do you know if 061 and Ram Air II have the same combustion Chamber? ( I see similarity, but observe RA II to have a recessed [dry] plug)
My R 96 A IIs are slated to receive such Intake porting this winter. On the fence with DIY or pay Oink 1.

If I use an RPM intake, I plan to leave the head opening width untouched. The RPM's width is cast narrow so I will try to have the intake exit 1.09 to match the width at the bulge.

Or do you guys think I should widen the intake manifold's ports to 1.13-1.16 and have it match the factory opening of the heads?

I wanted this to be a factual porting thread, not sure if I like the porting work being compared to the oink man.

Here is a site to compare the 061 and ra2

http://futom.tripod.com/id96.htm

[71 Ventura II]

Originally Posted by tc

I wanted this to be a factual porting thread, not sure if I like the porting work being compared to the oink man.
http://futom.tripod.com/id96.htm

That's a true statement/concern it wouldn't be a fair comparison between the two. On one hand you have Greg Merrick a life time Pontiac builder and arguably one of the best "Pontiac" head porters in the world. On the other hand you have "A" guy from Iowa that ported "A" set of heads. I agree there's no comparing the two. JD