[DeTomaso] 4V cc iron heads

[Corey Price]

I think the issue here is the money to fix what I have.  $$$ for seats, then resurface, and clean up the spring seat area, plus install port stuffers and pin them, etc.  Does it make sense to spend $500 cleaning the iron heads up or getting some nice alloy heads for a little more?




On Dec 17, 2011, at 7:48 AM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Corey,
> 
> I run the iron heads and they work fine.  I had new seat inserts
> installed where there was trouble and all the machine work was only
> $300 bucks.  I'm using a common Edelbrock Performer intake and a
> Holley on top.  Really simple and inexpensive.  It's not seeing any
> track duty until I replace some suspension bushings but it's still a
> barrel of laughs.  If I can get a few other projects completed I want
> to try my hand at tuning a Megasquirt II on the beast but that's just
> for fun, not out of necessity.  If you don't want the heads, someone
> else here or a Mustang enthusiast might want to try getting them back
> to condition.
> 
> sean
> 
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a set of recently baked and blasted 4V iron quench heads (D1AE-GA casting) with pitted seats.  I was told that they might need new seat inserts so that the valves don't sit too far into the head.  They have bronze guide inserts that hold the valves tight, and the decks appear very clean but who knows if they need resurfacing.  Spring seat areas are grooved.  They need new valves, springs, retainers, etc. but are machined for screw-in studs.
>> 
>> Should I keep them?  I have a Parker Funnel Web intake and intake port stuffers to go with.  I was considering two alternates:
>> 
>> 1.  Ditch both and buy a set of Trick Flow cleveland aluminum 2V heads & matching EFI lower intake.  I have always planned to run EFI and DIS.
>> 
>> 2.  Keep the Parker and get a set of AFD 4V 220 cc aluminum heads from Mikes Speed Parts.  The Parker intake has injector bosses cast into it.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> Corey
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