l69 heads=416's?
l69 heads=416's?
My buddy has a t/a.Not sure on the year.Around an 85 I think.It was originally a 305/5 speed.He says it was an l69.I forgot to look.
Anyway I gave him 50 bucks for the heads.Are they any good.I read on here that these are 416's.I am going to check out a place tommorow that is a performance head service.I was going to have them port and polish them,mill them,screw in studs and guideplates.
How well would these work on a 350.The mods are in my sig.*** I hope these are good.he is supposed to pull them off here soon.
Anyway I gave him 50 bucks for the heads.Are they any good.I read on here that these are 416's.I am going to check out a place tommorow that is a performance head service.I was going to have them port and polish them,mill them,screw in studs and guideplates.
How well would these work on a 350.The mods are in my sig.*** I hope these are good.he is supposed to pull them off here soon.
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Assuming they are in fact 416 castings they will work well if
modded properly. They will need full porting (not just a pocket port). Use1.94 x1.60 valves. You need to unshroud the chambers some to fit the valves too. Avoid milling the decks a lot or the compression ratio could get too high. (on a flat top motor).
If yours is a dished piston motor, knock yourself out.
Screwin studs and guide plates are unnessessary. Just have the stud bosses drilled and pinned.
Hiperf valve springs are a plus.
If the heads are thouroughly max ported with the larger valves
you should see about 380/390 gross hp with your combination.
Usually it it not economicly possible to get the heads fully ported
for a reasonable price. ($too many hours$) Better to port them yourself, then take them in for the machine work. It's not hard to do, just time consuming.
modded properly. They will need full porting (not just a pocket port). Use1.94 x1.60 valves. You need to unshroud the chambers some to fit the valves too. Avoid milling the decks a lot or the compression ratio could get too high. (on a flat top motor).
If yours is a dished piston motor, knock yourself out.
Screwin studs and guide plates are unnessessary. Just have the stud bosses drilled and pinned.
Hiperf valve springs are a plus.
If the heads are thouroughly max ported with the larger valves
you should see about 380/390 gross hp with your combination.
Usually it it not economicly possible to get the heads fully ported
for a reasonable price. ($too many hours$) Better to port them yourself, then take them in for the machine work. It's not hard to do, just time consuming.
The motor is a stock shortblock.There is little to no ring ridge at all.So to save a little cash I decided to keep it the stock bore.I will rebuild it maybe next winter.
Thanks for the info.Those numbers are what I was looking for.I plan on running an RPM air gap and hedman 1 5/8 headers into 2 1/2 inch exhaust with flowmaster.
Know I just got to get on the guy to get the heads to me!
Thanks for the info.Those numbers are what I was looking for.I plan on running an RPM air gap and hedman 1 5/8 headers into 2 1/2 inch exhaust with flowmaster.
Know I just got to get on the guy to get the heads to me!
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Originally posted by 86budgetSC
The motor is a stock shortblock.There is little to no ring ridge at all.So to save a little cash I decided to keep it the stock bore.I will rebuild it maybe next winter.
Thanks for the info.Those numbers are what I was looking for.I plan on running an RPM air gap and hedman 1 5/8 headers into 2 1/2 inch exhaust with flowmaster.
Know I just got to get on the guy to get the heads to me!
The motor is a stock shortblock.There is little to no ring ridge at all.So to save a little cash I decided to keep it the stock bore.I will rebuild it maybe next winter.
Thanks for the info.Those numbers are what I was looking for.I plan on running an RPM air gap and hedman 1 5/8 headers into 2 1/2 inch exhaust with flowmaster.
Know I just got to get on the guy to get the heads to me!

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