AlV
Crabs in a barrel
x2^^I'm still interested to see how it pans out...
you have my attention.
x2^^I'm still interested to see how it pans out...
Did we ever get a comparison flow for 302's, or J's?
Because he has 18 years in the industry and he want's everyone to know it... Sigh...Look I really don't know why you have such a bee in your bonnet here.
I look forward to it. I also think you should start your own thread on the various LA/Mag/aftermarket variations of heads for the SMALL Mopar and maybe we could all really learn something. J.Rob
Numbers will just be numbers unless all heads are tested on the same flow bench.
Quoted for the truth. Alot of people lose sight of this fact. Different flow bench brands can have quite the variance in numbers. Even in the Super Flo line I've seen some fairly wide discrepancies between the 600 and 1020 and from one 1020 to another 1020. People get caught up in the bench racing game too easily, myself included. What really matters is the A to B testing results off the same bench with the same operator.
True.
For the most part I get about the same as most, but Hughes must have a a mouse hole in the bottom , that or theirs is the end all and we are all full of it.
Mainly something to consider aside from that is honesty in prep, are the heads really untouched ? 3,5,7 angle valve job? What valves? Sunk? Chamber unshrouding cut?
When I see numbers from anothers bench fall in line with my own, consistantly, for instance 3 vendors here have posted numbers damn near identical to my own testing ...it kinda shows they may have a problem on their end.
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True.
For the most part I get about the same as most, but Hughes must have a a mouse hole in the bottom , that or theirs is the end all and we are all full of it.
Mainly something to consider aside from that is honesty in prep, are the heads really untouched ? 3,5,7 angle valve job? What valves? Sunk? Chamber unshrouding cut?
When I see numbers from anothers bench fall in line with my own, consistantly, for instance 3 vendors here have posted numbers damn near identical to my own testing ...it kinda shows they may have a problem on their end.
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Yeah Hughes's numbers are "out there" lol along with many others. Seems like everyone in the cylinder head sales game is guilty of pushing inflated BS numbers in my book.
I was in an interesting test years ago. Myself and 2 others ran a flow test on the same head same port. The bench was a Super Flo 1020 with a Brzezinski fixture. Each of us setup a clay radius entry from scratch for our test. Each of us got different numbers (8 cfm difference at peak). My clay adapter flowed the lowest, guess I wont get a job at Hughes or Indy. We then built a .75" plexi inlet which actually had the lowest flow of all. Absolute consistency and repeatability, just low. This head was then tested on another 1020 bench with the plexi inlet which yielded different numbers yet again (higher).
Ever since this experiment I haven't put much stock in comparing flow numbers ie bench racing.
I'm really not sure how this train went off the tracks. I have posted nothing but truth with no hidden agenda. I purchased some new castings that I have never used before and flowed them-this is what they flowed. I tried 3 or 4 simple modifications that just about anyone can do (except for VJ) and re-tested along the way-this is what they flowed. I don't recall saying how these heads were superior to any other head except perhaps the '302-and even then I will wait to pass final judgement until dyno testing is complete. Even then I hesitate a little until it is running in a vehicle and I have a true picture of the engine's personality. Capiche?
Clarification here would go a long ways me thinks. J.Rob
you have to respect a guy like that , go out of his way to do some r and d work to try to help us find less expensive proof of real #s than to throw up a graph with no R&D work proof done to it at all even by joe blows heads and try to sell it on us to figure out by word of mouth . interesting thread . like to see it with an intake added when this testing done. by the way Screws thanks for the visuals on the rockers the other night real world prospective showed huge differences in after market parts and brands thanks
X's 3! I don want a pissing contest or flow bech racing, just the facts. And that is what he got. That's what we get. This is a good thread on "How to" for the guy at home. I do not expect the heads he or someone else does to flow exactly the same numbers at anyone else's bench. The improvements he has made help the home guy and the CFM amount isn't the big important thing here but the improvements are. Showing gains. GthT is the important part.What really matters is the A to B testing results off the same bench with the same operator.
X2 Personally I am looking at it from a purely procedural standpoint. Getting a sense of the improvements possible by each progression. I believe this is insightful for someone who doesn't do much head and valve work, or has never done it (I am the later). I like the slow approach because It helps get me oriented and pointed out the areas that can be targeted.X's 3! I don want a pissing contest or flow bech racing, just the facts. And that is what he got. That's what we get. This is a good thread on "How to" for the guy at home. I do not expect the heads he or someone else does to flow exactly the same numbers at anyone else's bench. The improvements he has made help the home guy and the CFM amount isn't the big important thing here but the improvements are. Showing gains. GthT is the important part.
If 10 CFM show up, great. Should I expect 10 at home? Bad expectation!