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Old 01-23-2022, 05:23 PM   #8
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Default Re: Cylinder head flow - What is crucial in a stocker?

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Originally Posted by Bill Diehl View Post
Air is different than water, or is it? anybody that messed with overpowered outboard boats knows that primer is faster than smooth and shiny on the pad and the lower unit, 4,5 or 6 mph and how you go from stuck in the upper 90's to breaking triple digits......that "theory" that has been proven also applies to cylinder head ports...but what do I know? the "experts say, size matters more", not flow

You missed one, velocity. CFM, CSA, and Velocity are like the 3 sides of a pythagorean triangle. If you know any 2 the 3rd is easily calculated.

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