Valvebounce
Well-Known Member
I need your advise team.
My dad has decided to stroke his 340. It's developed a nasty knock if the car is driven faster than 42mph. Before he fitted the engine to his car, it sat in a loft for 10-15 years. A friend his his from back in the '60s had run it in a class winning Marathon boat, back in the mid to late '80's. (Give or take)
Since the engine needs a birthday, he's decided he'll stroke it while the motor is torn down. A mate of his has a container full of boats heading from texas down to out part of the world. Since he can get the freight for nix, he's determinied to go thru with it.
Back when I was growing up, He used to lecture the hell out of me about the right way to do things/build engines correctly. (he's a real old school engineer/did his aprenticeship at a shop which also did engine reconditioning) So Now it's my turn to pay it forward. I post here not very often. BUt I've done a lot of ghosting. And read lots of what's going on.
His motor has fully reco'd "J" heads. The've got around 750 miles on them since they had new guides, and new hardened seats fitted.
I've been giving him advise based on what I've read on this site.
I was out at his place this arfternoon.
He was a bit confused. I told him that the RHS heads Brian sells are the go. He seems hellbent on going aluminuim to save weight. I did a quick search here, and showed him threads about how much better brian's heads are out of the box over the eddie's. He doesn't want to spend the earth either. I told him to ring brian, and get his slant on the costs involved.
So what are the options for Aluminum heads for a SBM?
The consencus here is that the eddies are badly made, and badly prepped. Given that this car will be mine one day, I want the old boy to get it right. Plus he lets me run it down the 1/4 on his behalf too. So while we're spending his money, I want to go as fast as the available funds allow.
My dad has decided to stroke his 340. It's developed a nasty knock if the car is driven faster than 42mph. Before he fitted the engine to his car, it sat in a loft for 10-15 years. A friend his his from back in the '60s had run it in a class winning Marathon boat, back in the mid to late '80's. (Give or take)
Since the engine needs a birthday, he's decided he'll stroke it while the motor is torn down. A mate of his has a container full of boats heading from texas down to out part of the world. Since he can get the freight for nix, he's determinied to go thru with it.
Back when I was growing up, He used to lecture the hell out of me about the right way to do things/build engines correctly. (he's a real old school engineer/did his aprenticeship at a shop which also did engine reconditioning) So Now it's my turn to pay it forward. I post here not very often. BUt I've done a lot of ghosting. And read lots of what's going on.
His motor has fully reco'd "J" heads. The've got around 750 miles on them since they had new guides, and new hardened seats fitted.
I've been giving him advise based on what I've read on this site.
I was out at his place this arfternoon.
He was a bit confused. I told him that the RHS heads Brian sells are the go. He seems hellbent on going aluminuim to save weight. I did a quick search here, and showed him threads about how much better brian's heads are out of the box over the eddie's. He doesn't want to spend the earth either. I told him to ring brian, and get his slant on the costs involved.
So what are the options for Aluminum heads for a SBM?
The consencus here is that the eddies are badly made, and badly prepped. Given that this car will be mine one day, I want the old boy to get it right. Plus he lets me run it down the 1/4 on his behalf too. So while we're spending his money, I want to go as fast as the available funds allow.
