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So are C6AE-R heads a good choice for my '66 428?

By Craig Nelson - 06/03/2002 7:28:00 PM; IP 166.70.25.13

I found a set of C6AE-R heads already rebuilt at a local machine shop. They even look like they have the tall intake ports unlike the smaller ones on the mismatched C6AR-J and L heads that I have now. Plus these "R" heads don't have the Thermactor airholes that I would need to be plugged. However, my "How to Rebuild Big-Block Ford Engines" book by Steve Christ (bedtime reading for the past week) indicates that C6AE-R heads were only for '66 352 engines.

Can anyone tell me if these would be a good choice for my 7-litre Galaxie rebuild. Also any idea on fair price for a set of rebuilt heads (I want to keep the heads with the air holes in case I ever need to return it to stock.

I'm in full agreement with Pat Ganahl author of "Ford Performance" when he begins the FE Big-Block head section with the sentence: "Here's where things start to get complicated, or at least confusing."

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Head Games: C6AE-J and C8AE-H on same engine? -- Craig Nelson, 06/01/2002

RE: Head Games: C6AE-J and C8AE-H on same engine? -- Bob, 06/01/2002

Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13230&Reply=13222><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a> <a href="#" id="anchor13230" onclick="return false;">where did you get it?</a> -- <font color=#0000ff>Greg, <i>06/02/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript">
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where did you get it? -- Greg, 06/02/2002

Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13232&Reply=13222><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a> <a href="#" id="anchor13232" onclick="return false;">from Vacaville, CA about 2 years ago</a> -- <font color=#0000ff>Craig Nelson, <i>06/02/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript">
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from Vacaville, CA about 2 years ago -- Craig Nelson, 06/02/2002

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So are C6AE-R heads a good choice for my '66 428? -- Craig Nelson, 06/03/2002

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RE: So are C6AE-R heads a good choice for my '66 428? -- Bob, 06/03/2002

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RE: So are C6AE-R heads a good choice for my '66 428? -- old goofy dude, 06/07/2002

It's more likely that... -- Dave Shoe, 06/07/2002