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Old 07-21-2003, 11:07 AM   #10
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Originally posted by VeNuM
Sorry for the off topic point, but Dark_5.0, why is it bad to put larger valves in the stock heads? I have a completely stock 5.0 HO I'm going to rebuild probably for my car and was planning putting slightly larger valves in them.
The stock heads dont have enough flow potential to take advantage of larger valves. You end up sacrificing air velocity which hurts horsepower and low end torque.
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