Magnum head porting for the beginner

When that happened, you directed the flow over the ST better...it's not too large. Also, raising the roof AND filling the floor will pick up flow...AND lose power! You have to know what changes you make in the ports, how they affect power. Unfortunately, it's not always a gain in power with a gain in flow. That's where the bench gets very misleading...

Not a mystery, trust me. I just did a set of super stock SB heads with 10cc worth of epoxy in the floor to stay within the 165cc port volume (per NHRA spec) that flowed as good as the Mag port at 170cc plus and a larger 1.920 Int valve. Did I mention SB SS head has a 1.88 valve?