Doing a little port work on my canfields
Friday, April 6, 2007
Hey guys I am back, this time with some of the cylinder head work I been doing on my canfields I received this week. This will be my third time using canfield cylinder heads on a small block ford. The first time I used the 195cc canfield 58cc chamber on a fairly radical 306 inch small block. The second time I used the exact same head on a street driven 347, and now as you know this set of canfields is destined for my 408 inch small block ford stroker.
I absolutely love canfield heads, they are not as frequently used as the run of the mill TFS, Edelbrock, AFR and so forth. To me, not only the awesome performance I get from them, but the fact that I can actually be a little different is awesome. Don't get me wrong, I am not trading performance for uniqueness. These heads kick ass and the quality that I have received as far as the castings go, has been very good. John Fenton the owner of canfield is a great guy to deal with and that is one reason also, that I use canfields.
99% of the time, I buy my cylinder heads bare, this way I can put the hardware I want and need in them, not everyone has this luxury, but for me it has worked out the best. Wether it be an AFR, Vic Jr, TFS I always try to get them bare. I got this bare set from Jay Allen at Camshaft Innovations.
Ok onto what I have done thus far, I am using a Fel-Pro 1487 exhaust gasket, which is fairly large. I like the fact that the canfields come a little undersize with plenty of meat left in them to let me do what I want to do with the ports. This first picture will show the size on the exhaust port as casted versus the size of the gasket and the finished exhaust port after I do my thing.
You can see how they come as casted and the size of them, there is a ton of material left in them to do any port work you see fit. I dont just open up the end of the port to the gasket size, I go about 1 inch in and open up the whole port, wether or not this is right or wrong is subjective to opinion BUT has always worked very well for me. Do as YOU see fit. Here is another shot.
The last picture in this post will give you a look at the valve guide boss and with just 30 seconds of clean up look at how nice and streamlined it is. I must empasize the quality of the casted surface is awesome, very quick bowl work makes a huge difference.
I will have more pictures of the intake side and more exhaust work coming real soon. If you have any comments, feel free to leave them.
Labels: 195 canfield heads, canfields, ported canfield cylinder heads
posted by SteveO @ 10:33 AM, , links to this post
Got my canfield 195 cylinder heads today
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Ups man showed up with a special little package from Canfield Cylinder Heads. I have used them in the past and was very happy with the fit and finish so I decided it was time for another set. I got a bare set that were set up for my 2.08 intake 1.600 valve size. The chambers are cnc ported and they did a little bowl work, which I will expand upon in the next week.
There is something refreshing about not following the leader and thinking outside the box when it comes t cylinder heads, I see most guys running a trick flow, victor jr or afr head. This is another reason I chose Canfields. The owner John fenton is a fabulous guy to deal with also.
Remember canfield makes ALOT of private label cylinder heads such as, all the Bill Mitchell Hardcore Chevy heads, the Ford Z-304 Heads, the Jegs branded small block ford heads and many other auto parts. Here is a picture out of the box. I will have many more this week. My 408 stroker is coming along nicely and I have about 85% of the needed parts to complete it. I also threw in a quick mock up of what it will look like :)
Till next time!
Labels: 195 canfield, 408 canfield heads, canfield 195, canfield cylinder heads, canfield heads
posted by SteveO @ 10:31 AM, , links to this post
Sorry Guys
Sunday, April 1, 2007
I havent posted in a little bit, I have accumulated a ton of parts for my 408 stroker, I will be posting them tommorow. My heads are coming as we speak. I got my vic jr intake, my solid roller custom ground billet camshaft, my new demon carburetor and a bunch of other stuff. Stay tuned
posted by SteveO @ 8:54 PM, , links to this post
