Re: Fw: 440 head question
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Re: Fw: 440 head question



Steve,
I believe the cavity you refer to is designed to isolate the exhaust heat from "coking" the oil on the top of the head. I have never seen any type of cover for them-make some! Maybe stainless?
Mike LeFevre







On 6/16/2011 4:25 PM, MO wrote:
  Thanks folks for the replys, but I am still a little befuddled,  I
know the port that goes accross the intake, under the carb can be
blocked off with an intake gasket,  What I am concered with is the big
semi-circle holes arounf that port. in the head. looks like he** and a
trap for dirt and small parts.  Are those also covered by the
aftermarket intake gasket??

To Chick:  are you saying that instead of the stock type valley cover/
intakje gasket combo, that there is available a seperate valley cover
and seperate intake gaskets? . Thanks...........MO

On Jun 16, 11:53 am, "Stephen Andrachek"<s.andrac...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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"<mic...@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
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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