DeTomaso Mailing List: October 99, Message #10

Hi Steve and Company:

What is the equivalent head for the 351C that we can use to compare against
the 351W Dart heads? Some of us don't have 351W's in our cars (at least yet)
but would like some comparable performance head to put on our Clevelands.
The only one I suspect this will do are the Ford Motorsport A3 heads. I
thought about the Yates all out racing versions but I don't think they will
fair well in the low end environment. Cal. #2428r. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve Donegan [SMTP:donegan@quick.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:16 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Re: 351W Dart Heads
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Dave & Carol Aument wrote:
> 
> > >
> > >Reverse those numbers - Sportsman heads are (up to) 2.02 intake,
> > >1.7something exhaust :-) 800$ fully assembled is a very good price. (my
> > >set has 2.02/1.75 and a nasty porting job on the flowbench for weeks -
> > >flows WAY better than 4V Cleveland heads :-) 
> > 
> > 
> >  But not nearly as well as the SVO or Neal/Yates heads or thats what
> > everybody would run in that "stockcar" series. 
> > 
> > 					Dave 
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
> Well, it's simple - you can beat 'old' technology senseless with 'cheap'
> new hardware - ie Dart, TFS, Edlebrock etc heads - all in <1200$ trim.
> They beat 4V Cleveland heads hands down in over all flow and definitely in
> driveability - their low end flow velocity is much better. Pure race heads
> - now you are talking Yates, TFS R models, etc. Totally different animal -
> and they still do better at bottom end than 4V heads and a whole lot
> better at top end. But they cost a bunch more. My point has been, and
> always will be, put a modern, cheap, aluminum set of heads on your
> Cleveland (or better yet SVO 351) and you'll see a bunch more HP/TQ, gas
> mileage, and drivability improvements. As always - your mileage may vary
> :-) If you're a purist for 351C great! If you want real HP/TQ in a modern
> platform that fits your exotic then you have other, cheaper, alternatives.
> 
>