Forced Induction ?: X-Flow versus JH head

[scirocco-al@insight.rr.com (Alan Stamper)]

I'd be interested in hearing how it works.  I've got an Eaton M45 I'm
putting on the car and I'm thinking bigger valves would be a plus.  Are the
exhaust valves sodium filled?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <maardak@yahoo.ca>
To: "Alan Stamper" <scirocco-al@insight.rr.com>; "Scott F. Williams"
<sfwilliams@comcast.net>; "scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: Forced Induction ?: X-Flow versus JH head


> --- Alan Stamper <scirocco-al@insight.rr.com>
> > I can't believe that the 5500 rpm limit I've felt
> > in
> > almost every hydraulic 8V motor is going to be the best for
> > performance
> > issues.  I'm sure the cross flow does flow better at low RPM's but
> > it's
> > ultimate flow numbers will limited by valve float at a lower RPM's
> > than the
> > solid lifter motor.  I will also give you the fact that you can get a
> > turbo
> > to fit those characteristics and make more torque and HP at lower
> > RPMs than
> > the solid lifter set up, but I still say the high RPM motor with the
> > correct
> > turbo will smoke the hydro motor in the long run.
>
>
> According to the recent article in EC on the 2.0 ABA, you can fit
> Rabbit solid lifter hardware to the crossflow head - seems like the
> best of both worlds to me...
>
> Mark - working on a 42/34 mm JH head (ohhhhhh yaaaaaaaaaaa!)
>
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