Keith,
We have the distinct pleasure here of being minutes away from the Chapman
Racing Heads facility. Mike is a wonder on porting ... most visibly the
Edelbrock-Chapman heads are his doing although he does much, much more. A
50,000 sq. ft. facility dedicated to making heads breathe better. Three CNC
machines going full speed and Mike sitting there with Indy 500 and Daytona
500 winners rings on his fingers. He is generous with his advice too. Next
time through Salt Lake we need to get you out there.
Wes
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> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Heads....
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 21:22:35 -0800
>
>I have been studying Heads for the last month or so for the D motor and I
>finally was forced into a corner and came up with a Great solution....
>
>What I found first was that a Turbo motor doesn't get as critical about
>Heads and flow rates and so on.... the better the Heads the better the flow
>obviously and the better things work up top the less Boost you have to
>stuff in the engine to make the same Power....
>
>For the Dollar the Pro one heads from Dart are just to easy.... best out
>there for the Buck....
>
>on my next stop I looked seriously at Air Flow Research .... lots of
>choices and the price doesn't really change between heads like the other
>folks... 1425 buys the head you need for your application... Nice touch I
>thought and a 3/4" thick deck looked real appealing...for sealing Boost
>pressures....
>
>On the end of the Day I stopped at Muscle Motor sports and bought someone's
>used 18 degree junk.... it had the Jesel Shaft mount rockers and the intake
>with the offset roller Lifters and the Price was fair... Porting was
>already done and they look better then anything I have ever owned so what
>the hell they will work... I know John will snicker at this Post as I
>about walked around with them at the Meet cause they were so Pretty.....
>neat stuff ... Keith
>
>Keith Turk
>Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
>Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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