Re: [Amc-list] 304 head swap
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Re: [Amc-list] 304 head swap
- From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:06:13 +0000
There you go, everyone wins!
--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Greg Taylor <amundaza@xxxxxxxxx>
> Hey guys,
> Thanks for the real-world feedback. I?ll sell the 291C heads and invest the $$$
> into the good 304 heads ? have a pair of 1970 304 heads in waiting ? just wanted
> to make sure about the big-valve heads, first. The 304 heads will get 1.94/1.50
> SB Chevy stainless steel valves with undercut stems for low-end torque &
> mid-range increased flow.
>
> The 291C heads were ported for a full race 360 engine that was running in low
> 11?s. When I get them back from the machinist, I have a few people interested
> in them.
>
> Sincerely,
> Greg Taylor :) <><
> Rochester Hills, MI
> 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer "TRMN8R2"
>
> And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is
> in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God
> does not have the life. - 1 John 5:11-12
>
>
> --- On Thu, 10/16/08, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] 304 head swap
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 9:53 AM
>
>
> Bruce is right on the money on this.
> I've seen the results of big valves in small motors. I knocks the crap out
> of your bottom end.
> I doubt they are what you want in a torque motor for a Fullsize 80's Grand
> Cherokee.
> You might wan to consider finding the good 304 heads and have them worked
> with small valves and stems etc; It would keep the velocity up and help torque.
>
> I don't remember what you said the heads were originally ported for, but
> seats and smaller valves may not be enough to do the trick.
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> " I realize that death is inevitable.
> I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Bruce Hevner" <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > I have done the 290 head swap both ways.
>
>
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