I have the magnum engine book and it says that the magnum heads flow well
and it seems you're findings back that up so I'm guessing that those heads
would be able to handle a larger cam without any work. Those are some quick
times. What else did you do? How big of a shot and is it the 318?( you
floored me with that E.T.)
Joe W.
87 Shelby Charger 13.9
98 Dakota 13.1
----- Original Message -----
From: <WillTier@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: 318 Hop Up, Heads VS NOS
> In a message dated 11/1/99 7:47:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> nosdakota@email.msn.com writes:
>
> << Has anyone done any serious head work on the magnums? I haven't seen or
> heard of it yet. When I bought my truck the goal was mid 13's without
going
> into the motor. Now I've got that goal out of the way and want to go
further
> so I'm thinking cam and a good set of heads. The cams are plentiful but
I'm
> not sure how our heads will take to the port and polish work or if
someone
> makes an aftermarket set. Anyone got any info? >>
>
> I did my own heads with the help of the MP Head porting template set. Time
> consuming but not too difficult but I don't know how much it helped. Info
I
> received after the porting was that porting is not a big deal unless you
are
> cranking higher rpm's 6500 and over. The more I thought about it the more
> sense it made. I did several things at the same time so cannot evaluate
each
> item separately but I doubt it did a lot or would do alot with other mods
and
> the ability to run higher rpms ?
>
> Oh and personally the NOS has it all over the heads, easier to do and
> absolutely the most bang for the buck. I have been running the NOS for 4
or 5
> years without problems and current best time on the juice is 12.6 @
111.94.
> You can grind them heads til your blue in the face and will not come
anywhere
> near them numbers.
>
> Bill
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