Thread: Streetable HP?

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Originally Posted by HOSS429

sometimes we settle for what is good enuff .. people ask why i still have ported old iron heads on my 429 when there are many good aftermarket aluminum heads out now .. i just dont think 50 hp is worth 2500 bucks .. but a class racer " pro stock - nascar - etc .. would give that any day for 5 hp ...

Them Pro Stock boys probably spend a mil during the off season trying to find another 5 horse!!!!! Since Ford came out with the SCJ-John Kasse heads, the outdated CJ heads are going for cheap...when you can find a set.... Scored a set of them that were fresh and had been on a spare motor for one of the big boys when there team updated.....The guy I got them from said they had updated their heads with a net gain in hp of 7!!!!! I just smiled and took my $700 set of "outdated" heads home!!!! The pro racers really operate on a whole different planet then the rest of us!!!!!!



Hey!!! I do still have a mid eighties 460 EFI long block....using it as a mock up engine in the Ranchero now but I sure would let it go reasonable if somone needed it!!!!