Ive seen portformance vs APD flow graphs.
Craigs flows heads to give gains across the entire range. Portformance was very peaky it didnt gain anything till after 8mm of lift from what i remember.
Angelworks was dog shit (i had to get mine redone)
Ive seen portformance vs APD flow graphs.
Craigs flows heads to give gains across the entire range. Portformance was very peaky it didnt gain anything till after 8mm of lift from what i remember.
Angelworks was dog shit (i had to get mine redone)
Im sure APD have done cars with 190+hp with just headwork and cams.....Originally Posted by Richardcard1974
Im sure he will comment..
I have one engine from Nick Hill with headwork and two from Prima and i cant tell any difference in any of them.
Even cams seesm to make little difference.
Best mod i ever did was getting a rebuild. Engine felt like a rocket ship after that thanks to mr hill.
Big valve head innit.Originally Posted by Evogone
190 from headwork (porting) and cams is lala land dreamer town.
but works clio ran 280bhp from cams headwork and bodies...
so yes it is possible..just needs a very good head with cams and a very good re-map..
^^ Snowman's car - he frequents RSC more so. Produced very good figures from memory although I think he had issues with the standalone ECU he was using shortly after... :(Originally Posted by Evogone
'Peaky' flow figures does not equal peaky engine son - carry on researching :DOriginally Posted by Laine_16v
Infact if you have too much flow without the lift you can infact cause a car to become 'flat' in operation - losing power at a certain points of its operation...
Without this becoming another 'Port-Formance V every tuner in the world thread' I think the gains they showed with the maps from chipwizards were impressive - even if the maps themself weren't (hangers are a no-no IMO).
Having no gain before 8mm of lift, then a nice gain after 8mm of lift...is not good. Especially considering std cams lift to say 10mm of lift, and most modified about 11mm. SO in terms of lift versus gain, there is a gain between 8 and 10/11mm...this isnt good, as obviously the valve lift cycle covers 0-10/11mm lift.
The headwork i do provides a gain over the whole lift cycle. It doesnt take much logic to decide this is ALOT better than what is described above.
The other aspect, which is very important, is velocity. Im probably one of the few head flow people who has spent the time velocity mapping ports on these heads, to find what works and what doesnt. I know for a fact the other people mentioned here dont do this.
Once my engine dyno cell is complete, this will be fully verified, leading to a range of heads with specific ENGINE gains...again something nobody does anymore..
Steve if you want any more info from me, drop me an email/pm.
Nope, big valves werent required for the level of spec.Originally Posted by Richardcard1974
My williams headwork, catcams 5502225, wossner forged pistons giving 12.5:1 Cr, and a PROPERLY built engine, not just cobbled togther...but proper attention to detail on all clearances (this makes a considerable difference alone).
This made 192/193bhp or there abouts. Which is coincidentally 5% more than the same spec without the pistons. 5% being the theoretical gain from 2.5 points increase in comp ratio.
So SpongeRob shows "again" you dont really know much.......
Thanks Stan will pop you a PM.
Is there anyway of finding out the spec of my cams ?