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Toms 400

  • Lets just admit it.  This was all screwed up.  Dished pistons, 117 cc heads, no oil galley plugs, old valves.  He got screwed like a bananna at a monkey buffet.

    • Lets just admit it. This was all screwed up. Dished piston…
  • I PERSONALLY DO NOT LIKE THESE HEADS.  Problem is that the Magazine boys have endorsed these as a Performance Head for those who cannot find the Correct Big Valve ones.  Do not worry they are out there and make far more horse power than these.

    • I PERSONALLY DO NOT LIKE THESE HEADS. Problem is that the M…
  • In order to make some serious street horse power I am going to set tom loose with a grinder for about one week.  He will have to remove metal from all over except the floor.  The past Idiot already did that.

    • In order to make some serious street horse power I am going…
  • As you can see we are going for a full race port job here.  It has to be this way inorder for him to pick up some power over the 670's that his car really needed.  I tried to talk him into the 670 but he had already spent $700.00 on these and was feeli...

    • As you can see we are going for a full race port job here.…
  • When I took them apart and found stock valves, light thru the seats with the valve closed, old springs, diesel head shims under the springs I realized that we had some work to do.

    • When I took them apart and found stock valves, light thru th…
  • I would put him to use porting the hell out the heads.  While he was doing that I would be Shake and Baking the heads, Cutting in the Seats for High Flow Stainless Steel Valves.  It would take some time.

    • I would put him to use porting the hell out the heads. Whil…
  • Now with the correct piston, the correct port size, the correct valve sizes it oughta haul ass.  I must admit the only thing that these heads have going for them is the hardened seats.

    • Now with the correct piston, the correct port size, the corr…
  • Here you can see the port work required and the amount of material removed from the gasket.  We have a space age method of making sure the ports in the heads and the intake line up perfectly.

    • Here you can see the port work required and the amount of ma…
  • Starting to get better with each ounce of metal removed

    • Starting to get better with each ounce of metal removed