by larrycavan » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:43 am
Regarding the exh port exit size being smaller than the exhaust header pipe:
That is the accepted standard method to help fight reversion. However, I've seen exhaust ports that were matched to the header pipe and there was no visible signs of reversion in the intake ports.
Most recently on a factory 4 valve head [Suzuki].
IMO, reversion is more profoundly affected by system lengths, cam lobe profile and lobe centerlines.
That doesn't mean to ignore the advantage that an anti reversion ridge at the port exit could provide. It only means that the ridge, in some engines, seems to be less of a contributor to the anti reversion affect.
It is, as it always is, the correct parts combo that tends to have the greatest affect.
I've seen hemi chamber head with the ridge that had noticable level of reversion. I've seen pentroof chambers with and without the ridge that showed no signs of reversion in the intake runners.
We can't always have the system lengths we desire to use on a particular engine. In such cases, the seemingly safe bet is to leave the ridge.
JMO
Larry C