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RE: 352/390HP heads! |
By Mike McQuesten - 05/15/2001 4:55:25 PM; IP 206.193.0.122 |
The cam is a good one. It's a bit lopey but I had one in a 427 and it was very streetable and reved well to 6,200. But now lets talk about those COAE-D heads you're thinking about. I'm guessing here but the cc on those heads is around 57-58. They are compression ratio makers to say the least. They were stock on '60 HP 352 with flat top pistons, and stock on '61 HP 390, 375/401hp and were used with dished pistons on that '61 -'90. These HP engines were rated around 10.7:1 I think. Those heads on a 428 w/flat top pistons will be very high CR. Not functional on anything but high octane racing fuel. Maybe your machinist can dish the 428 pistons or you can have a custom set of forged made, I would run forged pistons with the C-ratio you're going to have with those heads. I'll admit that I'm running these heads on a 427. But I'm running C3J marine/industrial forged Ford pistons. They're dished similar to the '61 390 cast pistons. My machinist worked the compression ratio with the COAE-D heads(with 1.66 CJ/LR '27 exhaust valves) to be 10.5:1. I know I'll have to run high octance good stuff for most driving. But I had to do it. My 427 is dressed as a 352HP for a genuine HP '60 car. So the HP heads are a must for me. I'd recommend using a set of C4AE-G heads which are commonly available in bone yards. Big CJ valves fit nicely in them and the combustion chamber works well with 428 pistons. Still I think you'll have over 10.00:1 with flat tops. Use forged pistons. I'll trade you a set of C4AE-Gs for those COAE-6090-Ds? |
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