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Old 12-27-2019, 02:50 PM   #20
Ol' Ron
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Default Re: Baby Ruth abd the big engine.

Pete, before I got so involved with Flatheads, I spent a great deal of time porting SBC , Olds and Y block heads. Now your telling me that you can make a flathead port flow as much. At present I plan on filling the water jacket above the port with Devcon liquid steel, si I can open up the entrance to the bowl. I then plan on welding a small plate to the guide to direct the flow awayfrom the rear of the bown. I also plan on using a 1.72 valve. The engine in the Hydro was similar except it didn't have the diflector plate. Which I think was your idea. also JWL made a set of guides which did a similar function. Now after all this the flow has to go out of the valve and make a 145 degre turn into the cylinder. I kinda think, this iz a bigger problem. I also spend allot of time modifying the cylinder heads to provide a better flow. The engines run pretty good, but not a hell of alot better than stock.
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