The floors were not filled on this head/manifold, as I thought it would like the volume. It had straight-on rockers, no offsets of the lifters or the valvetrain. Surprised me, really. [/quote]
So this was with Ford high riser port heights?
I did not realize that the pro-port medium riser Edelbrock casting would accommodate that.
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Yes, the port location was a match with a HR gasket. I had to "help it". We ran my Medium Riser "street port" program on it first, and then I turned it into a High Riser roof location on the Bridgeport and the grinding table. Can't do it without T&D. There would not be enough material for the rockers to bolt to. Since the T&D is fastened to the headbolts, there is no problem with the roof being pretty thin. Raising the roof and improving the entry angle was worth quite alot. Strikingly similar to some of the Chevy LS stuff. They were not the first to have tall, skinny ports!! LOL.