Applied Flow Technology - Competition Cylinder Heads

http://www.aftracingheads.com
Applied Flow Technology began in 1990 - but the seeds were planted much earlier. Mark Atkins, the founder of A.F.T. began repairing and modifying sports cars in the mid 1970's. He continued honing his mechanical skills through the balance of that decade and into the next while campaigning a small block Chevrolet powered drag car which ultimately ran high nine second E.T.'s at over 133 M.P.H. in the quarter mile. This car he completely built himself, including the engine and chassis. It was early experiences with subcontracted machine work of substandard quality which prompted Mark to begin doing the work himself. With the purchase of some simple valve equipment and a flow bench in 1990 Applied flow Technology was born. Since that time A.F.T. has steadily acquired both valuable experience and state of the art equipment to assure you of the best possible accuracy and performance. Our race record spans the gamut from 2 SCCA runoff wins in the GT category to multiple wins in the 358 modified class at the Syracuse mile track. Our heads and manifolds set the standard wherever they compete. While Applied Flow Technology is best known for our race winning dirt and asphalt stock car inductions, we have also produced heads for everything from 600 plus horsepower Hondas to 12 cylinder Ferraris. We are currently in the early stages of development on Ducati motorcycle head modifications, an area of the business in which we hope to see significant growth in the coming years. There is very little you can dream up that we cannot handle successfully. Along with cylinder head machining, porting and flow development we also offer complete aluminum head welding and repair. We routinely machine custom valves, seats and guides to customer's specifications. We also perform port modifications, which are subsequently disguised, as well as stock appearing, if needed. While the main thrust of business at Applied Flow Technology is and always will focus on cylinder heads, our capabilities extend well beyond those areas. We have a Hines computerized spin balancer to handle any engine balancing need. We also do custom piston and block machining for our customers. Call us with all your performance/competition machining needs.

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[505197]

@5150jafo I was saying that somewhat tongue in cheek, but it does bother me some. Have you ever actually sat and turned out a pair of heads by hand? Or built your own flow bench when no one had one? I have, and it kinda irks me that now they can spit out one head after another. You can air flow test a running engine, did you know that? Measure the exhaust flow..or spin an entire engine with electric motor and test in real world conditions, mercedes did in the 30s with their 700hp 5,7 L.

[5150jafo]

@505197.....

What does a soul have to do with each combustion chamber/port being identical ?

If you are a good as you say then submit your chamber/ports for testing by BRODIX or AFR.

[505197]

The fucking robot machined perfect cylinder head, one after another produced to exacting specs. Fuck them goddamn souless contraptions and their assembly line perfection. I paid my dues sittin for hours grinding away, blending, match porting for real, not to a damn gasket shape the hope it matches when bolted on. The porter/tuner was a rare bird, and I am one of the best. Now a machine turns out Picasos, oh the humanity of it all. I was asked if I wanted to sell my Souix grinder, FUCK NO!!

[TeacherPHD]

I've done the same deal using a valve grinder...flip the stone upside down and open the pocket..any questions?

[Spencerian]

Nice Job. :)

[65ShelbyClone]

The numbers appear right, but you're getting squares and cubes mixed up. Cubic inches is inches³ or the inch x inch x inch measurement you described. Square inches is inches² and is a measurement of area, not volume.

[mikethecollector]

my engine blew up because of a small divot in the bottom of my head next to the spark plug.... so it does happen

9,400rpm's doesnt help either tho

[MoPar7055]

All I said is the engine would still run, and it would wouldn't it? I think it's a stretch to say that a small divot is going to cause enough detonation to blow up the engine at WOT too, if somebody is doing this much work they're going to be monitoring knock and such.

[mikethecollector]

whats the point in doing head work at all if your not going to go WOT? The engine will run, its just most likely not going to run very long lol

[MoPar7055]

but why wouldn't the engine still run, you aren't going to see detonation at idle and cruise because of a small divot are you? Of course you might see preignition and detonation if you crank the boost up and go WOT but that's always a risk.