Tall deck motor in C4?
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Racer
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Tall deck motor in C4?
Has anyone here put the Dart iron eagle tall deck block in a C4? If so what mods must be made if any for it to fit? My 440 just went boom last weekend and destroyed everything so I will be starting from scratch again. I'm thinking of doing a 461 cubic inch small block with a tall deck block.
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Hey Tim, that really sucks to hear. Not sure how a tall deck would fit in our cars, but would be curious to hear it myself.
It sounds like the new AFR 235's will be out in the next few weeks, unless you are thinking 18 degree or 15 degree. But a tall deck would require a specific manifold for the tall deck and whatever heads you end up with. I haven't seen SBC spacers for a tall deck to use standard 23 degree manifolds on them.
Good luck with it!
Jim
It sounds like the new AFR 235's will be out in the next few weeks, unless you are thinking 18 degree or 15 degree. But a tall deck would require a specific manifold for the tall deck and whatever heads you end up with. I haven't seen SBC spacers for a tall deck to use standard 23 degree manifolds on them.
Good luck with it!
Jim
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Racer
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Hey Tim, that really sucks to hear. Not sure how a tall deck would fit in our cars, but would be curious to hear it myself.
It sounds like the new AFR 235's will be out in the next few weeks, unless you are thinking 18 degree or 15 degree. But a tall deck would require a specific manifold for the tall deck and whatever heads you end up with. I haven't seen SBC spacers for a tall deck to use standard 23 degree manifolds on them.
Good luck with it!
Jim
It sounds like the new AFR 235's will be out in the next few weeks, unless you are thinking 18 degree or 15 degree. But a tall deck would require a specific manifold for the tall deck and whatever heads you end up with. I haven't seen SBC spacers for a tall deck to use standard 23 degree manifolds on them.
Good luck with it!
Jim
Melting Slicks
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Hey Tim, do you know who makes spacers. I have never found any, and would be curious to know who makes them. Thanks.
Oh... Tony made it sound like the new 235's could be out in the next several weeks.
Oh... Tony made it sound like the new 235's could be out in the next several weeks.
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Have your Miniram and heads flowed together because the miniram will need to be ported. There is one major problem with the Miniram that no one seems to really understand, the Plenum chamber is limited to how much air it can support. Porting the runners to flow more does not change the plemun size. There is a formula for calculating the plemun size to horsepower.
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Racer
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Well all the parts have been ordered for the 461 small block now. My builder was planning on flowing the heads and the miniram together and port as needed on the miniram. Does anyone make 2" or 2"1/8 headers for the C4's?
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