by stephendell » Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:13 pm
Mr Law junior is porting a pair of 2.5 12V heads as we speak so one of the Laws should be able to advise re: proximity to water galleries etc.
From what I saw there wasn't too much scope for opening things up (probably good as this is now considered to potentially be a bad thing these due to reduced port velocity) but there were a lot of lumps and bumps in the casting that could be 'softened' or removed.
The often talked about restriction (285bhp) is that of the manifolds rather than the heads, but we'll have to wait and see how Tony S gets on when he turns the boost up.
Tony L also has penny on a stick valves and higher lift cams in his new engine build but he's binned the original manifolds so there won't be a direct comparison.
AFAIK it's all pretty interchangeable but others can advise better.
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