I would prefer to go with Aluminum for the newer technology and weight reduction. With the C7 heads I have being less desirable for performance without a lot of expensive work and fitment in the Mustang bay for as far as header choices, I guess I'd be further ahead to just to spend the extra on the aluminum heads. That being said, you guys would know this more than I would, but are the Trick Flow 175's more or less ready to go out of the box without the need for any machine work. I was thinking of using their Track Heat intake as well but isn't there an issue with the alignment of the pushrod holes with that intake? I am open to doing what needs to be done to make it right but if they are good to go for the most part I could have any additional work done after the fact over and above the pushrod alignment.

Hopefully I didn't ramble on too much.

Jody 

Hello,

My name is Zach. I'm from South Carolina. I'm 35 and very inexperienced. I've had a decent number of "old" cars but have not built one.

My project is a 1964 Galaxie rust bucket. It's a good 50 footer.

Just got the block back from the machine shop. Short block assembled thus far. Survival Stroker kit. Edelbrock stage II heads from Keith Craft to arrive later this week hopefully. I've learned a lot from the site thus far.

I've rebuilt the rear end. 3.70 gears. Changed springs to +1/stiff. Wish I would have went +2. Now working on the engine bay for the car itself.

Zach, what part of South Carolina are you in? I'm currently in Clover which is on the west side of Lake Wylie not far from the NC state line near Gastonia. Anyway I'd like to get some info on the 447 you are building to see if it's a configuration that would work for my needs as well.

Thanks,
Jody (SKEETER65)

Not sure if anyone is still looking at this thread as it appears the last post was 2011. Anyway, I’m new here and new to FE’s but not to Ford Motors, just more familiar with small blocks, 5 liters and a 4.6 at one point. So I’ve been surfing this site off and on for a while looking to learn more about the FE. I’ve got a ‘67 Mustang Coupe that was a factory S Code / Toploader and plan to put it back in that configuration soon. I do have a 390 I picked up a few years ago from a 67 Galaxie 500 that has the 8 bolt C7AE A heads and 2V intake. My want is to get some good reliable power out of it without remortgaging the house to do it