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Originally Posted by olddog
"....Now most experts (with far more experience than my reading books and playing with computer simulation software) will tell you that large port heads like that will kill the low end torque. Now, I will tell you that if you use a cam to take advantage of those head's top end power potential, they are absolutely right. It will give you a low end dog. However it is my theory that if you give up the top end power and keep the cam mild, the bottom end does not have to suffer........."
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I'm no expert, as all that know me will attest to, but the one thing I think you are overlooking is the relationship of small ports to intake charge velocity. If the intake ports are not matched to the rest of the engine, i.e. too big, the velocity will drop and the gas will fall out of suspension. The same thing happens when you try to put a "too big" carb on a relatively small engine. A mild cam will mitigate this somewhat as you suggest, but not enough, and throttle response will suffer and you will end up with a huge bog that can't be tuned away.
Z.