Thank you for a real life example on how installing larger valves can actually reduce flow. I'm sure you have other examples on homemade porting jobs that actually reduced flow.
I do...... But the worst part is....... I have several examples where it wasn't done at "home", but was what someone paid a shop to do......like the example above.
Those Aerohead 452's, after recutting the seats, back cutting the valves, blending the bowls, and opening up the pinch slightly, flowed 261cfm.