My 422 smallblock build

The reality of a head having that much pressure drop (28) is —- and correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think so—— ) impossible.

A head flowed @10 is much more reasonably accurate or closer to real world operations. The world is just used to the rags flowing everything at 28. And then we base our understandings in that.

@SSG_Karg , lifting the valve passed peak, even more so since your flow rates don’t tank, allows the valve more time (coupled with duration) at the max flow area allowing more air and fuel into the cylinder.

If you stop lifting the valve at max lift, it spends a very short time there and flow decreases rapidly. This is also why a roller is better. The cam lifts the game up, let’s it sit there, then brings it down. With a roller, when making big power, the larger the cam is, the better it makes power with hanging the valve open longer.



Actually, at valve opening the depression can go as high as 100 inches.

It's worth testing at different pressure because the higher depressions will find flaws you can't find at say 10 inches.

But like I said, if a head backs up at 28 and you bolt the intake on it probably won't. The intake slows the air speed down, and that's what causes the stall.

If on the other hand it's backing up because of a junk valve job, that's a whole different issue and you need to fix that.