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Re: 4A: G vs F heads
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Tue, 26 October 2004 03:42

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Shraka wrote on Tue, 26 October 2004 13:02 | As I understand it, and I'm just getting this off of Bill's site, a close angle head is better as you can have higher compression pistons without needing to dome the top of the piston (as much?). That's at least one reason.
As for Toyota F series heads, aren't they usualy economy heads? So wouldn't they have smaller valves for more torque, and completely different cams/tuning/parts all for low revs? So you would have to change a lot more about them to get any performance.
The next question is, why did Toyota go with wide angle heads for performance applications in the first place? It's probably a technology thing, but perhaps someone else on here can clear it up.
Err, Bill? 
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Yes, a shallower valve angle means a smaller chamber (34cc on the F heads) and so a smaller done on the piston. Small, or no domes are best for flame propogation.
The valves in the 7AF heads are the same size as the G heads, 30.5mm and 25mm. I'm going to be using 32.5mm and 27.5mm though.
I don't know the reason for the last question sorry ... though ...
Norbie wrote on Tue, 26 October 2004 13:33 | You might want to ask Yamaha that question... they seem to be a big fan of wide valve angles, and the heads they designed for Toyota reflect that. Have a look at an 18R-G head one day, talk about wide!
This was in the 70's though, so I guess times have changed since then. 
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.... I've never been impressed with any Yamaha head. Either the ports are too big, wrong shape, or just fundamentally wrong in some important way.
The gen4/5 3SGe heads aren't too bad though.
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Bill Sherwood | Fri, 22 October 2004 14:16 |
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Henn | Fri, 22 October 2004 15:13 |
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SEXY 16 | Mon, 25 October 2004 09:23 |
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Bill Sherwood | Mon, 25 October 2004 10:09 |
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SEXY 16 | Mon, 25 October 2004 21:27 |
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Johnny | Tue, 26 October 2004 02:27 |
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Bill Sherwood | Tue, 26 October 2004 02:57 |
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Shraka | Tue, 26 October 2004 03:02 |
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Bill Sherwood | Tue, 26 October 2004 03:42 |
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Norbie | Tue, 26 October 2004 03:33 |
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Shraka | Tue, 26 October 2004 04:53 |
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Bill Sherwood | Tue, 26 October 2004 05:04 |
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b1gb3n | Tue, 26 October 2004 05:04 |
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Bill Sherwood | Tue, 26 October 2004 06:28 |
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Shraka | Tue, 26 October 2004 06:45 |
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mrshin | Tue, 26 October 2004 06:17 |
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Norbie | Tue, 26 October 2004 06:51 |
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Shraka | Tue, 26 October 2004 07:25 |
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Bill Sherwood | Tue, 26 October 2004 07:53 |
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mrshin | Tue, 26 October 2004 14:36 |
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b1gb3n | Tue, 26 October 2004 15:48 |
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4DaDrift | Tue, 26 October 2004 15:50 |
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Shraka | Wed, 27 October 2004 00:08 |
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Bill Sherwood | Wed, 27 October 2004 01:49 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 27 October 2004 15:22 |
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Shraka | Wed, 27 October 2004 02:02 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 27 October 2004 15:08 |
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Shraka | Thu, 28 October 2004 02:21 |
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Norbie | Thu, 28 October 2004 05:09 |
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justcallmefrank | Thu, 28 October 2004 05:24 |
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Bill Sherwood | Thu, 28 October 2004 05:17 |
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Bill Sherwood | Thu, 28 October 2004 05:29 |
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Shraka | Thu, 28 October 2004 07:05 |
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justcallmefrank | Mon, 01 November 2004 03:11 |
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