that bit won't be shrouding anything, and I want to keep some squish, in fact I probably won't take as much off the sides either, aiming for more of a butterfly shape. But then I want to keep the CR up, you'll be wanting it lower I guess? The other thing is that I'll probably have to take quite a bit off the head face to keep a sensible CR, such that the valves would probably stick below the face of the head.
Adey - all gain is good