"-i thought shaving the head was bad news on a staturn, something about the tr-way balance.." -
No, Shaving a Saturn head isnt bad on a saturn like many thought, if it's done within a reasonable amount. I dont recomend going more than fifteen thousandths on a head. "5 degree angle? isn't that goning to be way to much?"- Its not the degrees, its the amount of cuts. A 3angle valve jobs is cut at 3 different angles, a 5angle has 5 cuts. 5 cuts is totally rediculous, especially at the size of our valves being so tiny. The best option you can choose is to go to your local machine shop, and tell them you want an aggressive cut 3 angle valve job. There are certain limits a machine shop has to stick to. "sounds like a motor of these sorts would be all high end power and nothing on the lowend." - Absolutely not, shaving the head, raises compression which in turn will make both more horsepower and torque. When port and polishing a head, you are always going to lose some low end, there is no way around that. But with very careful port and polishing you can minimize low end loss and still create good top end horsepower. You have to first determine what your goal is for the motor. Will it be "All Motor", or will it be "Forced Induction" or "nitrous"? These are all considerations you need to make when building a motor. So really, you cant just say building a motor a certain way is the best unless you've built, and carefully planned different situations. Hope that helps a little. Michael Bard MRB Racing Visit SPOC National at http://www.spocnational.org Don't forget to update your Profile in the Owners Database. To unsubscribe from the list at any time, send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any subject, and in the message text, "Unsubscribe spoc".
