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Old Apr 6, 2013 | 04:35 PM
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i got a 07 stock ultra, was told if i flow bench my heads i'll get more power and a little better performance. true or not? got stage 1 with big city thunder baffles. watyu think?
 
Old Feb 18, 2015 | 04:14 PM
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putting your heads on a flow bench just gives you a Cmf reading (how much air passes through them at a given cam lift, valve size whatever, its stuff like that that means absolutly nothing except to the guy porting your heads or installing bigger valves, look up what you want for cams, and get your heads ported accordingly, not saying a good port and polish on a stock motor is pointless, but ... its like putting dart aluminum heads and a tunnle ram on an old worn out 350 out of a farm pickup, your only doing half the work, thats just my opinion tho
 
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Flow benching the heads will only tell you how many cubic feet of air per minute will pass thru the heads, nothing else.
 
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