Big Valves and porting?

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by old ugly

porting for higher performance engine is probably good when combined with all the other components
but the reliefs like on this fh8 , you wouldn't do that to a model A. the valves are already higher than the top of the block.
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I know little about Model A's, but it also seems the head chamber design on most heads is quite different than a V8 head. Seems like there is a lot more space than their V8 counterparts.