Reply to "Yates Heads"

Steve,

As far as I am aware, your motor has a set of C302 heads on it, with the appropriate intake & exhaust manifolds. Cleveland heads really don't get much better than that. I would not trade my C302 heads in on a set of Yates heads, never!

The Yates heads are good heads, but they are NOT Cleveland heads. They have no side cant to the intake valve, what this means to you is that your motor would require new pistons, AND there are possible issues with the intake & exhaust manifolds too. I have no hands on experience with Yates heads to be absolutely sure; I've been told Yates & SVO intake manifolds are interchangeable. If so, you could use your existing intake. If not, you would have to purchase a Yates intake. The Yates exhaust port is rectangular & the SVO exhaust port is round. I'm not sure about the compatibility of port heights or bolt patterns between the 2 heads. There are Pantera owners running Yates heads, I don't know what they have done regarding their exhaust systems.

Dan Jones, your experience would be welcomed to fill in the gaps.

The point I would like to get across is that the C302 heads can make all the horsepower a street motor is capable of making, and then some.

Your friend on the DTBB, George