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Old 03-19-2018 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER
I'd also be very careful what piston you choose with those heads bajarooster. That head has spark plugs that are closer to the center of the bore, which some dome pistons can hit.
Thanks for the heads up. It does say that these are specifically made for the Eddy heads.
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Old 03-19-2018 | 10:41 PM
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Stupid question... It says different sized rings for a closed chamber head. What’s a closed chamber head and why would it require different rings?
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Old 03-20-2018 | 02:40 AM
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And I’m still on the fence with the Victor Jr. The Performer airgap is an amazing manifold for what I use the boat for, but I’m in that grey area with a 509. All of the tests that I see are on 454s. Any input on this is appreciated.
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Old 03-20-2018 | 03:25 AM
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Head flow numbers. Not stellar compared to what's available these days, but an improvement over stock Eddy's. I had these flowed when Bob M. had me running in circles to pick out a cam back then.
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Old 03-20-2018 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Baja Rooster
Head flow numbers. Not stellar compared to what's available these days, but an improvement over stock Eddy's. I had these flowed when Bob M. had me running in circles to pick out a cam back then.
The exhaust side looks really lazy to me, but I could be wrong.
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Old 03-22-2018 | 12:50 PM
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In regards to the bore notching, does one also gasket match the heads? There’s also an 1/8” of material on the chambers before the gasket. I may as well blend and polish the chambers as there’s plenty of compression for it.
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Old 03-22-2018 | 04:23 PM
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Be sure to match and intake to heads. Depends on what gaskets you have whether to gasket match or not. Also blend back a good 1/2-3/4". Over the years I've seen a lot of so called gasket matching and is completely pointless. I like to use cardboard for reference btwn intake and heads. Just bolt down and remove. Open and closed chamber is basically what it says. Years ago prior to octane concerns I do believe many heads were closed chamber. Open chamber just came into place to lower compression ratio. There can be benefits to both. There is power to be made or lost with chamber work. You can spend a lot of time and gain nothing if your not familiar with porting heads. Might be worth sending them off to a recommended head porter unless you just plan to do a little polishing and blending.

Look ok on the net for pics of open chamber and closed chamber heads. Closed can come in handy so you don't have to run big domes. All depends on what the build is for. As far as I'm concerned a flat top piston is ideal but I won't go into that however I think most outdated agree for the same reason. The explosion that takes place so to speak is more equal across the piston top and helps eliminating piston rock etc. But im by no means I'm no expert rather just years of experience.

hope I explained that ok in a way that made sense. Lol...
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Old 03-22-2018 | 04:27 PM
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Btw those flow numbers are better than the ones I looked at. I apologize for that. I must have looked at a different eddy head. Might have been sbc? Not sure.
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Old 03-22-2018 | 09:47 PM
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Thanks, John. I would even argue that dished pistons are even better yet, but this is a mild NA and the domes are pretty small. On this build I do believe though that the heads are probably the weakest link. I’ll clean up these chambers and port them a smidge/ gasket match them and hope for the best. I watched a few YouTube videos, lol!
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Old 03-22-2018 | 10:34 PM
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These could definitely use a little up just getting rid of the casting ridges for the sake of hot spots and preignition.
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