Open Chamber Heads vs Closed Chamber Heads....

Yeah the old 396 bath tub chamber is the true definition of a closed chamber. I tend to consider anything with a decent size dual quench pad to be a closed chamber such as the magnum. Heads like the SB 302 or BB 915 not really as they only have one closed pad, I put the W5 in that group too.


LOL...that was the EXACT head I was trying to get a picture of. Couldn’t find one.