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Let's just say that my maxed 351w's I was very displeased with. My maxed 302's I'm very happy with.
Perhaps it was just that the 351's couldn't possibly live up to what I expected from them?
Perhaps it was that I didn't expect much from the 302's?
Neither was I running .600 lift with either. At .500 I'll bet they are the same head.
The exhausts ave virtually the same. The intake port pockets weren't worth arguing over.
I do know that the 351w's seemingly are the prefered head for the vintage racers now. I doubt that there is 60hp in them over the 289's, maybe 15 at the top and probably -10 less at the bottom. 15hp at the right time is pretty signifigant.
It all depends what one is building I suppose.
I believe what you say about Kuntz's heads.
He is an intelligent high tech porter. Remember that "they" only admit to you what they want you to know. It's what they don't want us to know is what we want to know.