[Keithc8]

Rick Lake the wet flow benches have brought some new information sooner because some of the stuffed learned with them would in the past had to been tried on the engine on the dyno to see if the engine picked up power. Where the fuel pudles and seperates and how to keep it seperated or automized can now be seen on the wet bench. I only have the dry bench right now, a Super Flow SF600. We would like to add the wet bench in the future.
A lot of the things you say about the ports and valves is correct. The intakes seem to like a oval port and large radius corners. The intale valve general will like being a nail head with about a 12 degree back angle. The valve job and valve angles are much more important than most people know. This is very true for the intake and the exhaust. I can see in the future having directional pieces or grooves possibly cut into the walls.
You know will see the high compression FE engines in the 489 to 510C.I. range that will make 850 to 900HP with the head flow we have now. I hope to have someone want to build one soon. We have built one 489 that made 870 with a cast single 4 dominator carb. The customer has been bracket racing this engine for about 2 years now. Best times I believe are 8.30 at 160mph in a 64 Falcon with a Lenco.
I hope you get a chance to drop by the shop and see one of the engine on the dyno and look at the shop. Thanks, Keith Craft