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Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked
6) Improve the intake port and bowl design for better flow. Think about press in bronze guides (like the flathead Cadillac) - instead of the guides we have today. They make a mess of the port floor and have a lot of slop in their fitment.
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I'm not super familiar with flathead Cadillac but do they have more conventional smaller outside diameter valve guides?
In my opinion the main reason the Ford flathead had the large diameter guide was for access to machine the lifter bores. Installing the valves as an assembly was an added production bonus in my opinion.
Cadillac simplified the block machining by making the lifter bores removable, if I remember correctly.
-Andy