Mustang makeover

[mmason]

I just received a set of Barry's new heads. Here are a few photos of the heads right out of the box.

[machoneman]

Nice! Will you run them as delivered or is porting in the plan?

[falcon428]

Good eye there Jay, I definitely missed the manifold mods but with your love for manifolds you would be the one to catch it.   Great to see someone think outside he box and tackle projects like that.  Great work mmason.

[mmason]

When I saw them my first impression was that they would run very well with a little clean up but I would like to make the intake port a little taller and wider. I like these heads a lot and I am clad that I bought them.

[mmason]

Well surprise surprise. I just looked at the paperwork that came with the heads and I am the proud owner of Edelbrock heads. All the instructions and warranty cards are Edelbrock. I saw the 6005SV casting # on the heads yesterday and was wondering why he used a Edelbrock #. DUH.

[jayb]

Those heads sure look good.  When you port them are you going to be targeting some specific airflow numbers?

[mmason]

OK Jay these are my plans for the rebuild. I would like the heads to flow at least 300 at .650. Barry has stated that his heads will flow 289 with 2.20 valves, 3 angle valve job and some simple blending. I would like to open the top of the intake port and one of the sides with the short turn by .1 inch.

I will be increasing the engine displacement to 485 with a CR of 11 to 1. I am going to start off using a comp 308R because I bought it a while back and it is sitting on the shelf. I am adding a one inch carb spacer and will start off using a 850 mighty demon with down leg boosters.

I don't have access to a flow bench for the heads. Maybe I should look harder?

[jayb]

Data is your friend, so I would try to find someone who could flow them for you.  If it was me, I'd do an "out of the box" flow study before porting, and another one after.  I think my local shop charges $60 for a flow study on one cylinder, so its not that expensive, and it sure is nice to know what you're working with...

[Joe-jdc]

I have those heads flowing 323cfm with a 2.100 intake valve.  I will be porting 2 sets of them shortly with the larger 2.200 intake valves.  I am hoping for 340cfm, but will not know for sure until after I see what a valve job looks like in the chamber with the larger valve.  Joe-JDC.

[mmason]

Alright Jay, that is what I will do. Or maybe I should ask Joe if he is looking for some more business.

[Cyclone03]

I love the air gap RPM that Edelbrock is too thick to produce,I have ideas too but life seems to cut into my Mustang time.

The Black seats are Pro Cars? Compared to stock seats hows the seat bottom to steering wheel clearance?

The blown interior gives a nice "rich" look,nice.

[mmason]

The Pro Car steering wheel to seat clearance with my 15" steering wheel was good. The seat hardware has height adjustment for the front and rear of the seats. I had added a extra 1" seat padding when I upholstered the seats and it still worked out OK. I found the seats to be very comfortable and made you feel like you were part of the car.

[mmason]

This my engine now that is has been rebuilt using Barry's heads, stroker kit and Jay's adapters for the water pump.



Waiting to be dropped in the car.

[drdano]

Damn that motor is tasty!  Did you end up flowing the heads?  Who's double v-belt pulleys are you using?

[jayb]

Looks really, really good.  Are you going to dyno it?