Fw: 440 head question

["Stephen Andrachek" <s.andrachek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My friend MO,

You are exactly right.  You can block off the heat passage from the heads 
to  the intake by using the correct valley cover.  You can get the valley 
cover
from Hughes Engineering (Google them up) and very good intake gaskets off 
of  them too with a bead of silicon built in around each port.

To take things a little farther, if you put an Edelbrock Air Gap intake on
your car with a low-restriction air cleaner you will pick up a noticable
amount of torque and HP.  But your engine is going to be a little
cold-blooded and will need a little warm up time that with the heat
passages blocked off.

Mancini's is also a great place to do business with.  Both companies are 
all
Mopar, all the time and will answer questions over the phone for you, 
unlike
Indy Cylinder Head which does not want to talk to their customers at all.
They consider that annoying and will refuse to answer your questions.

Hope this helps you in some way.

Stephen "Chick" Andrachek

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "MO" <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" 
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> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 2:21 AM
> Subject: 440 head question
>
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> > This is for a 1978 head.Intake side -1/2 way between the intake
> > ports.  where the heat crossover port is.  What does the semi-circle
> > pocket in the casting intended to do. And what can be done to hide
> > it?  I would be using valley cover with blocked off heat port.  Thanks
> > for any help......................MO
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