hey mike, well said, hey, check into the radius cuts, we have been ecstatic with the results. Joey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [SPOC] Best Hybrid DOHC?
> "-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". > 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".
