Port designs

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805moparkid

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what is the best designed port? i mean a round vs square or rectangle?

i would have to think a rectangle would be better than square for air speed but what about a round port?

i hear the LS7 port is one if the best?

what do you think?
 
Ford made a head called the Tunnel Port that was round, from what I remember they flowed very well.....
 
Buy a LS7.

oh yea cool guy...

Ford made a head called the Tunnel Port that was round, from what I remember they flowed very well.....

thats what ive heard as well but then i have heard a rectangle will flow better...
so i dont know

All depends on the packaging and the intended use.

on what?? i wouldn't think it would matter as long as the size/volume of the port is correct for a given displacement/rpm of the engine...
 
No. That's the starting point, but you have a lot of other variables to fit in that. Not tham I'm an intake specialist but in addition to volume, length, and path...
The packaging, as in fitting under a hood, or scoop, or cowl; and the intended usage, as in fuel and intake (wet or dry) type, NA or not, rpm range. There is one perfect port for every engine but not in every car. If you look at most race only engines that need rpm ranges that are above 7K and built from the ground up then they seem to be round. Unless they can't get the volume they need in a round shape due to the engine's basic valve layout (not enough room for round equal length. Then they seem to be oval. Seems like below that most designs will be oval or rectangular because it's easiest to get equal lengths that run next to each other. Wet flow intakes will be much different than dry too. Intakes are a huge area of compromise in the typical factory type V8.
 
No. That's the starting point, but you have a lot of other variables to fit in that. Not tham I'm an intake specialist but in addition to volume, length, and path...
The packaging, as in fitting under a hood, or scoop, or cowl; and the intended usage, as in fuel and intake (wet or dry) type, NA or not, rpm range. There is one perfect port for every engine but not in every car. If you look at most race only engines that need rpm ranges that are above 7K and built from the ground up then they seem to be round. Unless they can't get the volume they need in a round shape due to the engine's basic valve layout (not enough room for round equal length. Then they seem to be oval. Seems like below that most designs will be oval or rectangular because it's easiest to get equal lengths that run next to each other. Wet flow intakes will be much different than dry too. Intakes are a huge area of compromise in the typical factory type V8.

thanks for this big of info!

well it will be NA and wet for now... 6500 max rpm

i would like injected but not anytime soon...

will be making a custom sheetmetal intake to match...
 
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