[Jack Zupan]

I had a Cleavor engine for five years. It was a good running engine but I don't think it put out the power it should have. I sold the car but I always thought about going to a tuner with a chassis dyno to find that power. The idea is a really good one but I think it came out of necessity due to the crappy heads and engines that Windsors were a few years ago. Now there are any number of very good aluminum heads available for the Windsor and so the need for the combination is not as pressing. The company that makes the intake is located in Arkansas and I can give you their name and phone number if you need it. I think maybe Blue Thunder is making a manifold now too. The pistons are not custom but are Cleveland pistons and not Windsors. There are also Australian heads which are a combination of the closed combustion chamber of the 4-barrel head with the smaller runners of the 2-V head. I've not tried these but think they would be interesting.

Just my opinion but $3750 for a block is extremely high, especially when you can buy the new Dart block for just over 2 grand and it is bored for about 427 ci.

Jack Z.