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Location: Melbourne
Registered: November 2003
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Re: 4A: G vs F heads
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Tue, 26 October 2004 07:25

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Norbie wrote on Tue, 26 October 2004 16:51 | I think it depends on the combustion chamber type used. For example, the 18R-G has a hemispherical combustion chamber so a wide valve angle is going to work well with that. The 7A-FE has a pentroof CC I think? So to my simple way of thinking, a narrow angle is going to work better with that. 
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Yes, sorry I should have clarified. I was talking about the pentroof style chamber head, not the Hemi style head.
I'm trying to figure out why a Nissan SR20DET can produce as much power as a 3S-GTE. The 3S uses a wide angle head, and the SR20 goes so far as to have rockers to make the head angle narrow! Now understandably a narrow angle is desirable for high compression engines where the shape of the piston becomes an issue to increase compression, but I was wondering if it makes any difference in a low compression engine.
And I assume by the list of responses, nobody has any idea why Toyota went with the wide angle head? Or was it Yamaha?
Either way... wait, could it be that Yamaha's RnD all whent into making bikes? The angle of the head would have an effect of the height of the engine and thusly compromise packaging perhaps? I'm not saying Yamaha just threw a bike head onto the 4A-GE, but with all RnD focused in one area, it would cost a lot of money to deverge and make a good close angle head (I imagine). Though I'm probably way off.
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Henn | Thu, 21 October 2004 13:47 |
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Norbie | Fri, 22 October 2004 00:06 |
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rob_RA40 | Fri, 22 October 2004 00:09 |
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b1gb3n | Fri, 22 October 2004 02:26 |
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rob_RA40 | Fri, 22 October 2004 04:51 |
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b1gb3n | Fri, 22 October 2004 06:15 |
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Bill Sherwood | Fri, 22 October 2004 04:01 |
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EVOSTi | Fri, 22 October 2004 06:15 |
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ae95 | Fri, 22 October 2004 06:19 |
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SEXY 16 | Fri, 22 October 2004 06:41 |
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wuzah? | Fri, 22 October 2004 10:51 |
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NuGeN | Fri, 22 October 2004 11:41 |
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Henn | Fri, 22 October 2004 13:34 |
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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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cwhelan | Mon, 25 October 2004 01:59 |
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drift86levin | Mon, 25 October 2004 03:03 |
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b1gb3n | Mon, 25 October 2004 07:53 |
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takai | Wed, 27 October 2004 21:52 |
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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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mrshin | Tue, 26 October 2004 04:15 |
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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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Johnny | Tue, 26 October 2004 10:49 |
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mrshin | Tue, 26 October 2004 14:17 |
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oldcorollas | Tue, 26 October 2004 14:27 |
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mrshin | Tue, 26 October 2004 14:36 |
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quest | Tue, 26 October 2004 15:36 |
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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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Tofuboi | Tue, 26 October 2004 21:53 |
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Shraka | Wed, 27 October 2004 02:02 |
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quest | Wed, 27 October 2004 06:30 |
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quest | Wed, 27 October 2004 06:59 |
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quest | Wed, 27 October 2004 07:21 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 27 October 2004 07:34 |
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Henn | Wed, 27 October 2004 06:58 |
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Shraka | Wed, 27 October 2004 07:31 |
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takai | Wed, 27 October 2004 07:58 |
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quest | Wed, 27 October 2004 14:32 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 27 October 2004 15:08 |
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Tats | Wed, 27 October 2004 23:26 |
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Johnny | Thu, 28 October 2004 00:48 |
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Shraka | Thu, 28 October 2004 02:21 |
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Johnny | Thu, 28 October 2004 03:44 |
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Bill Sherwood | Thu, 28 October 2004 04:30 |
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b1gb3n | Thu, 28 October 2004 05:24 |
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koen | Thu, 28 October 2004 04:52 |
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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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oldcorollas | Tue, 02 November 2004 08:10 |
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Shraka | Thu, 28 October 2004 07:05 |
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da_horse | Thu, 28 October 2004 08:36 |
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justcallmefrank | Thu, 28 October 2004 08:45 |
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Shraka | Mon, 01 November 2004 03:10 |
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justcallmefrank | Mon, 01 November 2004 03:11 |
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Shraka | Mon, 01 November 2004 03:18 |
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86tt | Mon, 01 November 2004 14:15 |
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