Thread: Dove Head Clean-up

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A friend and I are building a pulling truck and plan on some engine work over this winter. We just picked up an untouched set of '70 DOVE heads to use on the '78 460 engine.

From what I've read, the heads could benefit from some blending and porting, but I need some direction. Is there a good article or web site someone could point me to? I've done Harley heads and a few MoPars, but not Ford.

Thanks,

Ed

These heads are very different from Harley or MoPars. It's the exhaust port that is particularly bad and needs cleanup. Generally speaking, it's so bad that a bowl blend + grinding out all the bumps & boogars in the port makes a big difference. But getting really good numbers out of them requires a much more detailed approach.

More than anything, the intake needs just a bowl blend. The intake's port architecture as cast is pretty darn good.

If you want to do the porting yourself, then you should subscribe to the followng site:

www.reincarnation-automotive.com

The one time subscription fee is worth every penny and more if you are not familiar with the in's & out's of these heads.

Paul