RE: Head Work

[Terry & Heather]

David, Others may disagree with me but as a general rule of thumb, I have found the best all round performance for street engines has been to where possible match port the head & manifold, especially if side draft carbies are used. There are a lot of other things to consider (valves, cam etc) to get optimum performance but this is a good starting point.   Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Costello Sent: Friday, 9 June 2000 11:16 PM To: Online Datsun Club Subject: Head Work   can anyone tell me what the best size for ports on a W53 head on an L16 would be? a friend told me you can go pretty big with the ports but that I shouldn't because if you go too big you start to loose your bottom end and make too much top end or something like that I've never ported a head before so I have no idea   --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------