How Much Better Are The CNC Ported Heads

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  • Опубликовано: 8 авг 2024
  • I give the horsepower difference in the as cast heads vs the Cnc ported heads
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  • @bartpang
    @bartpang 8 месяцев назад +3

    One of the main reasons I watch your videos is your brutal honesty even when at your own expense. Not many businesses would have even shown this video.

  • @davidreed6070
    @davidreed6070 8 месяцев назад +7

    It's crazy how people think a chamber and ports have to look pretty to move air but people do.

  • @richardb6273
    @richardb6273 8 месяцев назад +2

    Information is never a fail! Even if that information is what you believed to be correct, now you know. David Visard on his channel gave you recognition on your SBC work. That's a badge not many get!
    I appreciate the honest results you provide, even when disappointing. That alone is rare and is what brings me to your channel. Keep up the good work.

  • @slowg8701
    @slowg8701 8 месяцев назад +1

    That’s what makes your channel awesome straightforward honest info.

  • @peskypeet
    @peskypeet 8 месяцев назад +1

    👍 I greatly appreciate your style and honesty in your videos.

  • @The_forgotton_one
    @The_forgotton_one 7 месяцев назад +3

    I've been tossing up to go CNC or hand ported problem I have is who ported the head that was digitised, not all head porters are created equal, in my racing days my engine builder would spend hours on the flow bench with his piece of string and I'm glad he did as no one could match our numbers. today every tom dick or Harry offer CNC port job head so who do you pick atm im leaning towards hand as I know ill get a killer set of heads, why I'm even concidering CNC is price and my engine is big Turbo 427 LS where intake isn't as important its the exhaust is were its at with boost

  • @user-bc9sz1dj1g
    @user-bc9sz1dj1g 8 месяцев назад

    Hey Eric,
    Tim here, yes, i believe cam is the culprit, but for ALOT of the folks buying that head, wud have similar specs, or less, so, your data is VERY usefull, for MANY combo's, and the heads wud be useful, in MANY scenarios......maybe not go after the best # persay, but the overall usefulness of the ported head, i think is SUBSTANTIAL!!!...........my Stock Eliminator buddy, PREACHES combination, combination, combination!!!....so with ur fairly aggressive solid roller, at 260/270, shud cover MANY other builders, and the head wud work well, dont beat urself up so much, ur WHOLE test here is just FANTASTIC, and i dont really care cuz i'm a Poncho guy, my point is, ur toil has PROVED to be VERY usefull for MANY combo's!!.....this was one of my fav vids!!!.....you are a very talented young man.....i'm a bit older than u (57)......i cant wait for the next vid!!!....JUST LOVE IT!!......btw, keep braggin on Bishop all u want, i have no kids, so i enjoy ALL ur braggings on his swim meets!!!....PEACE to you brother!!

  • @jleatherwood2286
    @jleatherwood2286 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hi Eric, I have a 71 C10 with factory 402 block still in it. When I bought it 25 years ago prev owner had bored it .030. Since then, I have been through it again and freshened it a few years ago. Now has hyd rollers with a good low end street cam, edelbrock perf rpm, ceramic headers, billet dist, ultra avenger carb, and is a very nice gentlemens hot rod truck. Cast heads were ported and polished by a good machinist and it made 425h / 472lb ft on the dyno, all below 5200rpm. It is very strong from about 1800 and is a stop light to stop light stunner. Obviously it's a small cid big block. Dart only makes a cast 275cc oval ports for it (19900172H), no cnc version on that small of a head. WHAT SAY YOU? I'm going to freshen it again and wanted the absolute best alum heads I can put on it. Obviosly Dart makes good heads but do you think a CNC on that small a cid would make much more of a difference? I want to shed the cast weight and make as much torque as this little bottom end can make. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT INFO!

  • @bdugle1
    @bdugle1 8 месяцев назад +2

    Great video! Looks to me like you’re testing a system and need to make everything work together. If you increase the wrong part (whatever that might be), you don’t see the change you wanted. Looking forward to more test results. Thanks, Eric! OBTW, how about some more tunnel ram tests?

  • @Comet-hn3gm
    @Comet-hn3gm 8 месяцев назад +1

    Eric I appreciate your candor. I also enjoy your videos and I do agree with you in regards to the camshaft.

  • @GregTurcol
    @GregTurcol 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the great video, you are a wealth of knowledge.

  • @patrickmoore1017
    @patrickmoore1017 8 месяцев назад

    Great video and great results!

  • @donaldhalls2189
    @donaldhalls2189 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

  • @cgarris8674
    @cgarris8674 7 месяцев назад

    Hi Eric, Great content as always. Question for ya, if you had 2 sets of identical heads with the only difference being one is iron and one is aluminum, would the iron set be preferred on a lower compression NA engine of around 9.0:1, or does the weight savings neglect any heat retention benefits.?

  • @cammullis1852
    @cammullis1852 8 месяцев назад

    Keep the awesome videos and hard work coming Eric !!!

  • @Carl_Jr
    @Carl_Jr 7 месяцев назад +1

    Charles Servedio does. He's porting swirl port heads right now.

  • @MrAnviljenkins
    @MrAnviljenkins 8 месяцев назад +1

    I would think having each chamber the same CC for example, and the ports far more equal overall would perhaps allow using more spark advance with less risk of detonation ? Quantifying a benefit like that might be more difficult than just "HP and Torque". Maybe even more of a benefit in racing classes where at times they struggle with less than optimum coolant temperatures at times.

  • @dyoutubechannel8218
    @dyoutubechannel8218 8 месяцев назад +4

    This is an honest question: could you compare your 406 you have now with David Vizard 383 that made 621hp? 23 CI less but almost the same power. I don't wanna start wars, I'm just someone who listen to many people. Many thanks, great video, good day.👍

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  8 месяцев назад +4

      Sure he could put it on the dyno I use and see what it really makes.

    • @dyoutubechannel8218
      @dyoutubechannel8218 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@WeingartnerRacing I was refering to this: ruclips.net/video/f66F64vSP4g/видео.html

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  8 месяцев назад +2

      Well mine is a real dyno sheet and his is a spread sheet. It would not have made that power on the Dyno I use. I could go to another not 45minutes from me and make 700hp. So you can’t compare dynos like that especially with someone selling books based on high numbers.

    • @dyoutubechannel8218
      @dyoutubechannel8218 8 месяцев назад

      @@WeingartnerRacing Thanks for your answer.

    • @olivierfaucher3426
      @olivierfaucher3426 8 месяцев назад

      Seems to me like vizard, great as he is, builds one off motors where he reworks every little details that you would never do in a typical build like reshaping counterwights or radius the bore bottoms. Whereas eric's motor is a claimed 400 shortblock that he threw different heads/intakes on to get hard data.
      Isnt apples to apples
      And like eric said we dont get actual dyno sheets in Vizard's videos

  • @evanarthur7535
    @evanarthur7535 8 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve noticed that you are pretty critical of David Vizard’s work. He is complimentary of your work. I think you should collaborate with him and do a dyno shootout.

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  8 месяцев назад +2

      I’m more critical of dv fans. I don’t enjoy being told I don’t know what I’m doing because dv did so and so. But they have never tested what dv said to see if it really is true. Meanwhile I have.

  • @psychoholicslag4801
    @psychoholicslag4801 8 месяцев назад +1

    I don't see it as a fail. Disappointing, OK. Still it's valuable information. I think you're right about the cam. 600+ HP on pump gas is still impressive.

  • @edsmachine93
    @edsmachine93 8 месяцев назад +1

    Good video Eric.
    Thanks for sharing. 👍

  • @williamanderson4706
    @williamanderson4706 8 месяцев назад

    I have learned so much from your videos. Thanks

  • @scottmcmullen7541
    @scottmcmullen7541 8 месяцев назад +1

    The Project X CNC 235 and the Trick Flow Super 23 230 cnc heads are very similar. very nice!

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  8 месяцев назад +1

      Flow curves the trick flow is better lower and I’m better up top.

  • @hankclingingsmith8707
    @hankclingingsmith8707 8 месяцев назад

    You are exactly right on the bigger heads on a 434. Someone else is building 427 434 with smaller hydraulic roller trick flow 230 and r manifold making almost 600 on a honest dyno.

  • @lesliesimoson8124
    @lesliesimoson8124 8 месяцев назад +2

    I'm glad you make these videos because it helps me a lot in the direction I want to go with my build. So I'm also glad a watched until the end. So in your opinion should I go with a lift in the 700 range as opposed to the 680 lift on your fully ported project x 215s on my 421 or wait to see what the results are of the new heads your working on? I'm waiting on results before I purchase heads from you.

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  8 месяцев назад

      Above .700 is preferable

    • @lesliesimoson8124
      @lesliesimoson8124 8 месяцев назад

      @@WeingartnerRacing that's exactly what my engine builder said, he'd like to see me in the 700 lift range on the 421. He was hoping for 725 to 750 hp. But I'm not so sure a 335cc head would support that? I'll wait for your dyno on the new heads. Even if I made 680 hp I'd be happy with that. Everything is all about combination. Keep the videos coming love the content

    • @lesliesimoson8124
      @lesliesimoson8124 8 месяцев назад

      @@WeingartnerRacing either way the engine should perform awesome in my 78 chevy nova. But man is this car hard to find parts for!

  • @andrewbecker3700
    @andrewbecker3700 8 месяцев назад +1

    For naturally aspirated, pump gas, street bound engines, that don't see over 6500rpms, cnc'd heads are not cost effective. I'm doing a 383cid first gen sbc this winter, and the Edlebrock E-215's with cnc'd intake mouths for decent gasket matching is gonna be the head for me on this build. They're basically the E-200's with some additional cnc work in a few areas. Very cost effective, given the minimal difference in price from as cast heads. The only other heads I've considered are the Trick Flow offerings in that 200'ish cc range. If your after the last few horsepower in a limited displacement bracket racing class, then maybe fully cnc'd heads get you the win. Otherwise save your money for more machine work.

    • @Carl_Jr
      @Carl_Jr 7 месяцев назад

      LoL
      You're the epitome of what he was talking about at 13:44
      Thanks for your contribution 🤣

  • @youngracingengines
    @youngracingengines 8 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome video, as always.

  • @ryno6101
    @ryno6101 8 месяцев назад +1

    Glutton for over workin
    Great video

  • @mattphil7085
    @mattphil7085 8 месяцев назад +1

    Love the long videos

  • @patrickmoore1017
    @patrickmoore1017 7 месяцев назад

    This is a great video.
    Also, if you're a channel member, should we be getting these results? Or was the deal a while back only for a little while?

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  7 месяцев назад

      No. The members at the time were sent these numbers as it was happening. Usually when a person joins I just give them the last session numbers and all moving forward.

  • @p0intdk
    @p0intdk 8 месяцев назад

    Being the torque and the torque peak is exactly the same regardless of intakes says everything, it being 1.35~ tq pr. ci on pump it needs more cam so it can be moved way up.
    Although did you test it with a tunnelram? If so it would barely make much difference I assume.

  • @slickrick5735
    @slickrick5735 8 месяцев назад

    Exciting video thnx Eric

  • @johnnystanley4469
    @johnnystanley4469 7 месяцев назад

    Great content

  • @robertsaunders2902
    @robertsaunders2902 8 месяцев назад

    I think it is fair to u are a walking wealth of knowledge in the 23 deg sbc head so dont feel bad about talking so much thanks Rocket fromMO

  • @philzellmer6073
    @philzellmer6073 8 месяцев назад +2

    Eric, great video!!!...thanks for your brutal honesty!!...it's great to hear nowadays...I have a question about the Project X heads....you said you milled them from 70cc down to 64cc...that's a full 6cc...I have both emailed Promaxx and visited their Rainbow City Alabama location to inquire about the 185cc SB Ford version Project X heads and both times was informed these heads could only be cut from 58cc down to 56cc...that's only .012"....twelve thousandths of an inch??...Do you have any knowledge as to whether the decks on the Ford version are really that thin???...I'm thinking of ordering a set from you and having you critique them for a video, but I don't want to find out too late that I can't get the compression I need with my current short block...I greatly appreciate any knowledge, comments, or thoughts you might have....Thanks again for another great video and please keep up the great work!!

    • @timothybayliss6680
      @timothybayliss6680 8 месяцев назад

      That might start to cut the Intake seat. 0.012 is barely a cleanup cut.

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  8 месяцев назад

      It depends on the head. Some heads you barely mill them and you are into the seat.

    • @philzellmer6073
      @philzellmer6073 8 месяцев назад

      Yes, I've seen that before...but, this is supposed to be a performance head and if I can't mill for compression it's only going to be 9.7 to 1 as is. This will kill torque and obviously won't make power...Do you have any other suggestions that won't break the bank?...maybe angle milling, or a different head?...Thanks much... @@WeingartnerRacing

  • @patrickwendling6759
    @patrickwendling6759 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your knowledge and video's USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸

  • @inscoredbz
    @inscoredbz 8 месяцев назад

    I think i would go with a little more than 4° of duration on the intake side. Maybe 6-8° on the intake site and a couple four ° on the exhaust, but I've never competed in engine masters either. Either way I'm with you, you've ran out of cam.still hard to believe that little Victor jr does as well as it does.

  • @soldierbyname
    @soldierbyname 8 месяцев назад

    Have a sbc 350. Edelbrock 1551 mini blower overdriven with a 2.9 inch pulley instead of a 3.6 inch to make 7spi. Edelbrock estreet heads that i cleaned up following your videos. My question is would going to a larger head like the 235 really help in power. The air going in is under pressure. I would imagine with even better flowing heads would just make less boost and the same power??

    • @soldierbyname
      @soldierbyname 8 месяцев назад

      Cam is a Daughtry custom blower cam at 228 234 at 50 and 535 lift on a 114lsa. Idles relatively smooth at 950rpm with the 10.5lb flywheel and mini 6inch harmonic. Scat forged rotating assembly . 9.5:1 .
      850dp blower carb. Water meth injection. 29deg at full boost timing with the msd 6btm. All in an old c3 vette. I pull New mustang gts on the street and on hwy runs. But always need. More. Nitrous or better heads?

    • @Thumper68
      @Thumper68 7 месяцев назад

      @@soldierbynamefrom what I know cams with lower LSA like 107-109 make best power. Just my two cents I could be wrong yet seems like common sense but more flow in and out is always better right..especially with boost.

  • @cedricwilson2055
    @cedricwilson2055 8 месяцев назад +1

    Like Richard Gere in officer and a gentleman

  • @paulbalzarano
    @paulbalzarano 8 месяцев назад

    Do you flow manifolds? Is there a rule that says the manifold runner needs to flow (x) more than the cylinder head runner to make more power? More by volume, same legnth runner.

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  8 месяцев назад +1

      For a solid year I flowed manifolds alone. It lied to me. Several flowed more and made less power.

  • @Nt0759
    @Nt0759 8 месяцев назад

    I never asked but did you also do the cnc Promax heads for the sbf?

  • @chevyrc3623
    @chevyrc3623 8 месяцев назад

    You would hope it's the camshaft holding it back but also .685 lift is that already kinda big or a 400 they usually want more just curious. Like .720 .730 or whatever. .264 duration I am with you on that for sure I wonder how much 4 points of duration on intake would increase power band. And I kinda wonder to how are people run like 8000rpm with these 400s if your peak is only 6700 just more cam yeah I can't wait for that test

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  8 месяцев назад +1

      It’s in the cam. If you over duration it the peaks will come up but the low rpm will be soft.

  • @maxmaxwell7590
    @maxmaxwell7590 8 месяцев назад

    How much for a set of 215 X sbc heads ? I have a 383 with a TBS 192 blower on it with 200 cc China heads on it now.

  • @jcnpresser
    @jcnpresser 8 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine what they’d do on a boosted engine. Seems like hp gets exaggerated once it’s boosted. If it’s better na, then it seems to be even better under boost.

    • @kennywhiddon1497
      @kennywhiddon1497 8 месяцев назад +1

      Boosted engines respond more to better exhaust flow.

  • @user-zd9ex2bn7q
    @user-zd9ex2bn7q 3 дня назад

    What's price difference between t227 afr and the CNC pro Max

  • @ecc5119
    @ecc5119 8 месяцев назад

    Is this the promax heads?

    • @funfun8095
      @funfun8095 8 месяцев назад

      Did you even watch the video?? Do you have eyes and ears?? SMH

  • @davidholcomb9961
    @davidholcomb9961 8 месяцев назад

    I don't know how a Mopar Magnum head outflows an LA head; the pushrod pinch takes up half the port opening. Could anyone shed some light on this?

  • @danieldelpha1315
    @danieldelpha1315 8 месяцев назад +1

    That's a big cam needed

  • @chriswhite8860
    @chriswhite8860 8 месяцев назад +2

    Check out ersons 264/272 @ 050 on a 108 . Nice work and great info !

  • @leftyo9589
    @leftyo9589 8 месяцев назад

    i dont see a fail, you showed that the total combination is important. a good head, and good cam wont get it with a bad intake. mix and match all 3 and it will be the same, it just shows that everything has to work together to be optimized. bets head in the world aint crap if you have a mediocre intake, and a peanut cam....

  • @timevans9710
    @timevans9710 8 месяцев назад

    Go 4 Deg. on the intake and close your LSA down to 106 Deg. Spinning to 7500 will be easy.

  • @jalbarado1
    @jalbarado1 8 месяцев назад +1

    Perfect after you fix them....😂

  • @manoo422
    @manoo422 7 месяцев назад +1

    14:12 Why does it look as though you removed all the data below 4700rpm (2/3 of the rev range) for the std heads because it showed such bad losses for the CNC heads...? Saying you didnt do it is suspiciously convenient that it ends exactly at the point of crossing over..!!

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  7 месяцев назад

      I think you have it reversed. I tested the Cnc heads at 4000rpm or so. If I remember the first test that I did were a shorter rpm band to test. Latter I tested a broader range because people complained.

    • @manoo422
      @manoo422 7 месяцев назад

      @@WeingartnerRacing The black line is the std head which starts at 4700rpm where it crosses the red line of the CNC head which starts at 4000rpm. Both lines should have started at around 2000rpm since below 4700rpm is where a street motor will spend most of its life.
      It is clear from your flowbench testing the CNC head only flows about 1% more at highest flow levels. Which related to 12hp on the dyno. At bottom end flow the std head is about 12-14% MORE! How many hp LOSS did that relate to? We dont know because you didnt show that.
      Therefore I would suspect the losses below 4700rpm are a lot bigger than the small gains above. Meaning this CNC porting was not worth while for a none race engine. Which is the opposite of your videos conclusion...that would seem disingenuous to your viewers.

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  7 месяцев назад

      You clearly didn’t watch the video all the way or cherry picked. If you had you would’ve seen the comparison at 4000rpm vs non Cnc ported head and Cnc ported heads with the Vic jr. The Cnc ported heads made more power at 4000 than non. Not only that the difference was growing at lower rpm meaning it was looking if I pulled the dyno lower the difference would have been greater in favor of the Cnc ported heads. This same trend was also seen on the 2970 and the 2892. So your conclusion is false. Nobody would claim this engine to be a street motor. Also 2000rpm dyno pull is almost pointless because no street car is under full load and wot at 2000rpm. If you tell me you are then you need to down shift. You are confusing part throttle driving which I don’t test.

    • @WeingartnerRacing
      @WeingartnerRacing  7 месяцев назад

      Also the stock head didn’t out flow the Cnc head down low.

  • @bradyelich2745
    @bradyelich2745 8 месяцев назад +1

    None. I watch David Vizard.

  • @petergehle4222
    @petergehle4222 4 месяца назад

    Cnc is just about money and time. Shit in shit out. In other words the original port design was average then it just copies the average design.