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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:08 am    Post subject: Old school Jon Karcy heads vs Old school Gene Berg race head Reply with quote
who copied who?

both sets have the same characteristics.

-large oval ports nearly identical to each other
-welded spring pockets with larger diameter spring combos
-Berylium valve seats
-nearly identical exhaust ports
-32cc chambers with same shaping.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:26 am    Post subject: Re: Old school Jon Karcy heads vs Old school Gene Berg race Reply with quote
Everybody copied Berg.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:10 am    Post subject: Re: Old school Jon Karcy heads vs Old school Gene Berg race Reply with quote
I didnt.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Old school Jon Karcy heads vs Old school Gene Berg race Reply with quote
Funio, Dick Nuss and Don Pauter didn't
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:32 am    Post subject: Re: Old school Jon Karcy heads vs Old school Gene Berg race Reply with quote
I doubt that Jon Karcey copied anything Gene Berg did. Gene certainly copied others, though ..
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:00 am    Post subject: Re: Old school Jon Karcy heads vs Old school Gene Berg race Reply with quote
I copied Bergs slotted cam gear. But never any porting, and definitely never combustion chambers.
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