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Originally Posted by blykins
The ones that are towards the top (without going to a Cleveland style head).....
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This may be a bit OT, but, Brent, would you mind expanding on your reference to the Cleveland head? I've been a fan of the 335 (and 385) series Ford engines ever since I had a 351C-2V in a 1972 full size Ford Custom 500 that would walk away from SBC's with 4V carbs.....my dream "replacement" engine for my Cobra is an 8.2" deck height "clevor". I know, there aren't a whole lot of good domestic intakes for that clevor (Edelbrock makes one in an RPM model, but no Air-Gap that I know of, and no single plane models, either). The Aussies are WAAY ahead of us on the canted-valve heads, having had them for so much longer than we did.
My theory is that the Cleveland heads flow better b/c as the canted valve is opened by the cam it moves away from the cylinder wall, thereby essentially "unshrouding" the valve head and increasing the flow compared to a standard head.
What do you recommend for a SBF "clevor"......carbureted, of course!
Cheers from Doug
