'68falconohio
Well-known member
Hi all,
I'm fairly new to the scene of actually building up my 6 but i've been drooling over the CI head for a while now. Recently, the 200 in my falcon developed a head gasket leak that I know is going to get worse as summer approaches. My decision, to take the extra '68 200ci-6 that came with car and have it rebuilt to replace my current engine.(car came with addl. 200ci/C4 combo). I'm going with cast flat top pistons and the cam that my engine builder decided on(don't have the specs handy), the problem is that when he magnafluxed the head, we found it to be cracked in 3 places!!!(intake runner, between the side-by-side exhaust valves, and exh.manifold bolt hole) My engine builder found remanf. log head for $300 but I'm concerned with the lack of performance. I am competent in operating a milling machine and have seen where some people are machining the boss off of the intake manifold and making it more accepting of a 2V. I'm committed to building this six up because i've already had the cylinders bored .030 over and the crank polished, pistons ordered, cam, etc. But due to currently being in school, I can't afford the CI head right now. I'm looking for input on what I can do to one of these stock heads to get me by until I get the money for the CI head. Any suggestions?
I'm fairly new to the scene of actually building up my 6 but i've been drooling over the CI head for a while now. Recently, the 200 in my falcon developed a head gasket leak that I know is going to get worse as summer approaches. My decision, to take the extra '68 200ci-6 that came with car and have it rebuilt to replace my current engine.(car came with addl. 200ci/C4 combo). I'm going with cast flat top pistons and the cam that my engine builder decided on(don't have the specs handy), the problem is that when he magnafluxed the head, we found it to be cracked in 3 places!!!(intake runner, between the side-by-side exhaust valves, and exh.manifold bolt hole) My engine builder found remanf. log head for $300 but I'm concerned with the lack of performance. I am competent in operating a milling machine and have seen where some people are machining the boss off of the intake manifold and making it more accepting of a 2V. I'm committed to building this six up because i've already had the cylinders bored .030 over and the crank polished, pistons ordered, cam, etc. But due to currently being in school, I can't afford the CI head right now. I'm looking for input on what I can do to one of these stock heads to get me by until I get the money for the CI head. Any suggestions?
