[DeTomaso] Cleveland "Tunnel Port" Heads on ebay

Thomas Tornblom Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se
Wed Oct 24 12:32:44 EDT 2007


Daniel C Jones skrev:
>> I assume they are calling a head with the intake pushrod passing through a tube (right name?)
>> in the intake port as "Tunnel Port"
> 
> If these are the heads that were listed a couple of weeks ago, they
> are these heads:
> 
> http://www.bacomatic.org/gallery2/v/hidden/dan/dan-cars/album19/351_tunnelport_ad.jpg.html
> http://www.bacomatic.org/gallery2/v/hidden/dan/dan-cars/album19/351_tunnelport_heads_intake.jpg.html
> 
> Note the unique part numbers for the matching cam core and block
> (different lifter
> bore spacing).  Many years ago, I saw a stack of those heads at the
> Columbus Ford
> swapmeet.  Supposedly, they were designed for NASCAR but were outlawed.

They appears to have the valves in a different order as well, live a 
chevy, EIIEEIIE instead of the normal ford IEIEIEIE. I guess this is one 
reason for the required different cam core.


> 
> Dan Jones
> _______________________________________________

Thomas



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