My grandfather is an amazingly smart man. He's forgotten more then i will ever know.

@slageater

2 жыл бұрын

does he still live in vinton va? i sold him a 403 olds engine years ago he showed me his scrapbook full of records even when nascar had drag racing,he was putting a nascar head on a 4-cylinder pontiac block for a dragster

@daviddntait

2 жыл бұрын

Your grandfather is just the type of person I would just sit with and ask a bazillion questions! What a legend. You are lucky to be a part of lineage. Aloha

@GorillaCookies

2 жыл бұрын

He was clearly ahead of the curve at that time. I can imagine there are thoughts and designs he didn't get a chance to build that would have really blown us away.

@joevald3

2 жыл бұрын

You should be really proud of your grandfather they don't make many like him

@dontimberman5493

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously!

My father Jim Watson bought that car from Sherman and ran it for 5-6 more years. I can still remember squirting fuel into the stacks before he fired it up. He too set IHRA records in both E/T and MPH in Comp Eliminator. Also won the All-American Nationals in Bristol with this car in 1975. My dad had a blast in that car, and some of my favorite memories were going to the track with him when my Mom would let me. Also, the late Sonny Leonard did some machine work for dad on this engine as well. Thanks for the video, brings back good memories.

@ronjacobs5667

2 жыл бұрын

What was the car it was in back in 1970?

@jtwatson5662

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronjacobs5667 My dad called it Sexy 6. He ran up and down the East Coast during the 6 years he owned it. From New London to Bristol to Charlotte Motor Speedway where they ran down pit road to MD and PA. I think he ran the Gatornationals one year as well.

@bigbaderek1978

2 жыл бұрын

any video of the car running?

@johnhickman106

2 жыл бұрын

Great story and thanks for sharing.

@johnsmith4630

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing OP

As many as these engines were built, You would think some aftermarket company would come out with a cross flow head like that . I would buy one in a heart beat

@micahtroyer4181

Жыл бұрын

ditto

You really should push the owner to have this broke in and ran on a Dyno to get some numbers, then if possible once in the car, ran on a chassis dyno. We all know how much we would love to see a follow up like that, everyone like this comment to show your support!

@davidgraham7325

9 ай бұрын

Would love to hear this 😍 engine run 🏃‍♀️ 😍

Man that is so cool. I,m a old auto machinist from the mid 1960 to mid 1970. We built a 292 Chevy 6 where we grafted two small block heads, for a D/Dragster that set a national Record in the day. But nothing as elaborate as that. I love your cancel, it brings so many Great memory’s to this 77 year old racer. Thank you so much!

@MrJohnnyDistortion

8 ай бұрын

"Cancel" 😂

@negativeindustrial

7 ай бұрын

What kind of tolerances were you guys machining to back then?

@turkeyboyjh1

4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome I built 250 and 292 Chevys for racing full efi turbo lump port head custom intake, I have a set of Tom Langdon exhaust manifolds on my first motor in high school

I took delivery of one in my shop 3 days ago. Its done so well that theres no way it was the only one. Ive been searching and searching....and just found this video. The owner dropped it off and said he had it in a chevrolet coupe, Im just outside of San Antonio Texas.

Id LOVE to hear it RUN!!!!!!!!!!

I'm glad this popped up on my recommendations! This engine is a masterpiece. I would love to hear it run! Thanks for saving this piece of brilliant history!

Anyway I went home and told my stepfather about it and asked him if he'd ever seen a boss 300 and he kept telling me he's like no there's no such thing as a boss 300. He told me there was a boss 302, 351 and a boss 429. Hell we kind of argued about it cause i'd remember reading the side the car and it's saying boss 300 the guy telling me that it was a super rare motor and it was a boss 300. I took my stepfather To the shop a few days later and confirmed that it was. Mr. Massey fired it up and I remember seeing the flames coming out to 6 curved pipes and how cool it looked when he reved it up and all 6 carburetors moved in unison and I was hooked it was my absolute favorite car for the longest time and still within the top 5 to this day. It's really cool To see another one after all these years. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Sherman was the service manager for Chrysler dealer . I was a Champion spark representative . I saw everything he built his little garage in Alexandra . The guy that welded up the heads did it on a naval base . Because that's where the equipment was that could do it. He also had an Opal GT with a 392 hemi in it . Then he built another class car with the Mazda rotary engine with an automatic transmission . But the 23 te bucket was the one that shocked everyone . Mechanically he was incredible . I used to watch him do leak test . What he considered bad I would consider good . I understand he moved to Roanoke Virginia that's where he's retired . Sherman was reviewed by all the people that knew him he was equal to any engine builder I knew . Around the Washington DC area within 100 miles and must be eight drag strips . Sly one was legendary and still is . I am so glad to see this being restored so people can look at it and appreciate what he did back then . Another amazing fact was sermon was humble and didn't mind talking to you if he had the time ....

@carlcarlamos9055

2 жыл бұрын

@Joe Valdrighi Didn’t Mr. Sligh have a straight 8 Buick powered Altered car in the mid 60’s? Maybe I’m mixing him up with someone else? I don’t believe I ever met him, but I believe one of my high school friends knew him. Thanks, take care.

@joevald3

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlcarlamos9055 yes he did but I never sought

@danielwilson6665

7 ай бұрын

Joe there’s a recent interview with Sherman posted here on KZread. It was done by my friend Tim Halstead on his Dragboss Garage Channel. Sherman is in his eighties now but still sharp as ever. He provides some fascinating insights into his building of the Boss 300 inline six. Just search for The DragBoss Garage and look through his videos and find Sherman’s. Tim is dedicated to preserving anything related to the 351 Cleveland engine and its involvement in Pro Stock Drag Racing history. I race Clevelands and I think it’s an awesome source of information 🏁.

Love the video Ken. A real piece of history. Bruce Sizemore contacetd, as he raced one of the Cleveland 6 cylinders. he will be on one of my live chats soon. Need to get you on too, great video thanks.

@dannycalley7777

2 жыл бұрын

D.B. ..................he did both , ask him about 70s Corvette that ran I think E altered with 300 in it , I saw in Gville 73 or 74 . his H/MP Maverick would pull D, E,M/P corvettes half way down the track before they start back on him !!!!!!!!!!!! I was there !

@DragBoss351Cleveland

2 жыл бұрын

@@dannycalley7777 I will ask him took a pic so I don’t forget. Thanks for the real life experience. That engine was so ahead of its time. Stay tuned. And Merry Christmas

@danielwilson6665

7 ай бұрын

Tim, these people also need to check out your interview with the master himself, SHERMAN SLIGH ! It really is a fascinating piece 🏁.

300 (4.9) Ford is a legendary powerplant. It's basically a stroker 240 but the internals rival the 2JZ as far as durability. This would be one of the top three engines ever built by Ford and it's right there with the 427 FE W code and the now amazing Coyotes.

@realMaverickBuckley

2 жыл бұрын

Gosh dang!! They'll do 800hp unopened?

@tomconner5067

2 жыл бұрын

I've had several, great torque characteristics, comes on smoothly and solidly.

@tomconner5067

2 жыл бұрын

I had one that pulled so good it's still talked about 22 years later, melted the #1 piston a few times, (kept spares on good con rods weighed the same) then one day my machinist made me take 8⁰ of total advance out of the ignition timing, and a few trick things to improve cylinder head cooling, then it was a little slower, but ingot 7 years of non stop hauling in a one ton dump w heavy equipment trailer allegedly loaded to the point where I allegedly avoided agriculture check points and weigh stations, just in case, but that's probably just coincidental...pulled a one ton 4x4 454 CBB in 4wd across a parking lot letting off the clutch in second gear at off idle, then took off, before i built the dump bed, with an empty 1972 OEM wooden flatbed sans side panels. I won a quick $20 bucks, thanks to Herc, Juan, & Chevy owner Baby Joe (Lacoochie Fl.) I was, am, an old school Chevy head, hot rods, but any truck but a dodge unless it's got a Cummins and a manual trans. I had a total of 380k miles of dogging abuse on it

@randr10

Жыл бұрын

@@realMaverickBuckley Think more GE, not GTE, but even then you'd be way overstressing a stock internal GTE at 800 HP. I bet you could get into the 400 hp range reliably on a stock bottom end 300 I6 if you could get a decent head for one. I think you'd be hard pressed to even get 400 out of the factory heads no matter what you try. Some came with forged cranks from the factory, which I'm assuming is in the one in this video, so I'm sure you could push those a bit more. GetsumJ is probably talking more factory stock durability though. These will easily go deep into 300,000 mile territory in a heavy hauling application without anything but proper maintenance, similar to what you could expect from an old Toyota or a reliable diesel engine. Now there are lots of gas engines that will do that, but this was originally engineered in the early '60s, so legendary engine for its time.

@iamgriff

Жыл бұрын

I had a 2nd hand F150. 300 six with a 5 speed and a fresh clutch. Truck had 265k on the original engine. Third gear was the magic gear, getting on the expressway. As far as I know that drivetrain was transplanted into a 71 F100. The truck was scrapped

i had the magazine featuring this motor , an absolute act of genius in idea and workmanship !!!!!! These are the kinds of efforts in technology that push a nation forward , the same as ideas from people like Tesla , and Edison !!! These drag racers , and engine builders paved the way for drag racing to be where it has evolved to today, people thinking outside of the box !!!!!!!!

Yes there was a Chrysler clutch flight. Everything you stated is true to the best of my memory. While Stone Woods and Cook, Sox Martin, Al Vanderwoude, Ram Chargers were developing V8’s, Sly’s car was setting records. Sly pointed the way for short track, dirt, and at Bonneville. The sectioned head let the engine breathe so well nothing could catch it. I am in my early 70’s and remember a few of the influencers…

I don't think the average person can quite grasp/appreciate the numbers this setup generates. The ingenuity and craftsmanship alone is so clever. I would love to know/see the process of how he cut (3) Cleveland Heads and was able to weld/epoxy them together and still maintain the integrity. I watched the first video when you introduced this engine. I guess I'm gonna have to binge watch all the others. It's stuff like this, the Frankenstein'ing of multiple parts, that absolutely fascinate me. This content is an absolute GEM.🙏🏻👊🏻

I dabbled in a few 300s when I was growing up and fell in love with the engines! I modified some for extra power but this thing is a monster!!! I thought I was setting records with big cams, big valves, big compression, and big fuel but this thing is just bigger! Awesome knowledge!

Thanks for bringing this incredible piece of history to us. The innovation in this engine is just jaw dropping. Any chance the owner will let you start and run it before you deliver it? I’m guessing I’m not the only one who would love to hear this thing run

That is so cool! Thank you Mr Ellison for sharing this with us all! I really enjoy seeing your videos, and I'm glad you're still doing them. Don't let any nay sayers get to you. Guys like you, Uncle Tony, Derek Bieri, and Luke from thunderhead 289 are helping to keep hot rod culture alive for the next generation, thank you so much.

You did an incredible job restoring this engine. Your passion for the sport/hobby is admirable. I wish we could hear it running in the vehicle.

I ran in Comp Eliminator in the early 80’s (351C ‘32 Bantam A/EA). Back then, Steve Ambrose ran one of those Boss headed 300 sixes and was kicking everbody’s butt.

@nealmont

8 ай бұрын

I saw Steve Ambrose's car at Maple Grove back then and talked to him for a long time. I was amazed that you can buy one of these heads from Indy Cylinder Heads. Sure saves a lot of work 🙂

You answered my questions when you stated that it's a restoration project, not a new engine experiment. Anyone who's in the "Just put an LS in it!!!!" camp needs to learn that....

My dad and his best friend built one of these in 1970 in Missouri. Also in a T bucket roadster for drag racing . They sawed 2 boss 302 heads and had to heat them in a oven before welding them together. they had cut up a hilborn injector setup as well. Word got out about how successful this combo was against the index and it was. Its all about the airflow of those Cleveland style cylinder heads. I also have a set of the high port exhaust cleveland iron heads that have the machined exhaust with the aluminum plate on them. They have the stud girdle Motorsports valve cover on them as well. Some great stuff from backyard engineers back in the heydays of racing!

I've always loved the 300 six. In my opinion the best motor ever built. Until this video series I had never heard of anyone cutting up cleveland heads,and peicing them back together to fit an online six. The man who originally engineered and built this engine in my opinion was a genius. 2 hp per cubic inch in the early 70's??? I would love to hear this thing run.

@T..C..M

2 жыл бұрын

Not only 2hp/cubic inch, but using pushrods and only 12 valves! The most this engine ever had stock was around 150, which is obviously .5hp/inch haha

@richardprice5978

2 жыл бұрын

@@T..C..M its the weld job i looking for as cast iron head's aren't that easy to modify like that and to work at high standards and stress's ect. for 5+ year's

@francobolzoni3432

Жыл бұрын

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@charlesangell_bulmtl

Жыл бұрын

@@richardprice5978 Dude said that it has epoxy joints, has tested it and NO leaks👍

@Robert-ds8ec

9 ай бұрын

I had several 300 , Ford and Chevy , both good motors but the standard cranks on the Ford's could not handle any abuse

This configuration NEEDS to be available on JEGS

That 300 engine is one of the best engines ever built! They just couldn’t breath. Throwing a head that will let that little monster breath is a huge win!

I love seeing and hearing about things like this. It's amazing what people can Frankenstein together and make work (not to mention work well).

Thanks for maintaining the history of this great backyard engineering

" it doesn't look pretty" I think it's Beautiful, Mr sligh is an amazing man

I can’t wait for the in-depth video of this engine! I remember the first video of it but didn’t know there were more! I’ll go watch the others now but I just want to say thanks to you and the owner for recognizing this engines significance and restoring it back to a period correct time capsule!

Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece of history. Appreciate seeing a craftsman geek out over something so awesome.

I love history and engines and when they both combine its even better. Thank you for showing this piece of automotive history

Thanks for sharing the highlights of 38 year career. Deeeeep! The truth can’t handle this thing!

Wow what an amazing piece of automotive history. Purely awesome

The 300 6....literally my favorite engine ford has ever made.

I’m glad this was shared. That engine is quite a feat. Very nicely done🇺🇸💪🏻

Wow ! I'm blown away

So refreshing too hear mr Ellison show such reverence and respect too those that came before him and his contemporaries and the genuine excitement of the project

I had only ever heard of this engine, never dreamt that I would ever see it even though it is a video. Now I have to watch the remaining videos concerning this unique feat of engineering!

What a beauty! Your explanation is clear, too. Thank you.

That's the coolest thing I've seen in a long long time. Thanks so much for sharing. Beautiful restoration work!

Glad to see it finished! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for sharing this, yes it needs to be preserved. I would love to hear it run ,it would be cool to try this today with aluminum heads and dry sumps like you said .

Man, what a cool build. I used to have a Boss351C. Incredible motors.

There’s another KZreadr that has an LS headed 300. Love this!

Wow, just wow. Thanks for sharing this peice of history. I really hope the owner posts a video of that beast running.

That Engine is simply amazing! If I had that, I'd put it up on the wall, above my fireplace to look at every day, beautiful!

Thanks for the update .... looking forward to any updates you have to share.... awesome job.

Mr.Ellison you did a fine job with this series of vidjas. I loved every detail you have pointed out and man it is just exciting listening to your passion. I'm just a 34 yr old body technician but much respect for racing history...

This is awesome the engine the racing history I never knew till now. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for restoring such a beautiful piece of engineering history 👍

Beautiful piece of art and engineering

I knew a few guy's who raced the 300ci6. They sound crazy, like a mix of snowmobile/indy car/sport bike combined soundtrack. One Wan n.a. the other had a twin turbo set-up. The n.a. engine was in a dragster, the other was a street driven t-bucket...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠

Half-century old badass Ford Six. Set records in a T-bucket with a Clutchflite. I think we have hit "Peak Americana" gold right here. Deep bow to Mr. Sligh.

@davidbaity3496

2 жыл бұрын

I would like to hear more about the clutchflite transmission. I've asked a lot of old car/racing guys an no one has ever heard of it.

@patrickshaw8595

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidbaity3496 Long ago my Dad explained to me why a Model T would still beat most (then) modern cars across an intersection. It's planetary transmission could upshift without interrupting it's power flow. Until then I had had a negative opinion of GM Powerglide transmissions although I thought the Turbo 400 in our station wagon was nice. Also long ago hydrodynamic torque converters for racing were unknown so some racers reverted to a convention clutch but wanted the advantage of a planetary transmission. A MoPar Torgueflite wasn't near as good a transmission as a Turbo 400 but it is indeed what was started with originally. Slide the torque converter off the front of an automatic and you see three sets of splines. The innermost solid one carries the actual engine torque x rpm to the gears inside. The next (hollow) one is stationary and it is for the purpose of preventing the TQ converter's stator vanes from turning backwards when the converter is stalled (one foot on brakes other on gas). It is not used when a clutch is fitted to an automatic. The largest (outside) hollow splined shaft drives the oil pump that enables hydraulically-powering the clutches and bands that shift ratios (not gears) in an autotrans. It splines into the outside shell of the TQ converter and turns with the engine crankshaft. On a normal clutch there is no way to drive it. So by cutting the matching splines out of a scrap converter and welding three "ears" or "arms" outwards so that matching arms or ears on the clutch pressure plate could drive them = Viola! = A clutch flite. Now you can take out the automatic shifting stuff from a racing automatic, push in the clutch, select low gear, rev it up, drop the clutch and GO. Then without touching the clutch nudge the racing style "ratchet" shifter (won't permit moving more than one gear at a time) into second gear and BANG you got second gear. When 2nd is all wound out just repeat for 3rd gear. Believe me this should only be done nowadays with a Turbo 400 or a beefed-up Powerglide - because the launch and shifts are BRUTAL in a race car with suspension and slicks that BITE. YOU BETTER HAVE A CUSTOM DRIVESHAFT AND U-JOINTS AND SAFETY HOOPS AROUND THEM - because you WILL break stuff !

@davidbaity3496

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickshaw8595 Thank you for the information, that explained a lot

@patrickshaw8595

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidbaity3496 My pleasure to explain something I learned long ago, now half forgotten from collective memory > before I die or am unable to relate it. PS - Quite proud I was able to type all that out on-the-fly (without composing it beforehand) before KZread comments timed me out ! Lastly - "They" say you can't drive one of these things on the street but that's BS - you can. You just do everything like you would in a normal manual transmission, e.g. Feather the clutch for startoffs, snap it in, shift, snap it back out when the rpms are exactly right. With a full-manual valve body and no governor you are working the oil pump many many times harder (all the pressure all the time) than normal so you need gallons of fluid and a serious oil cooler. I didn't invent this - but you can skip driving or even having the original oil pump installed at all. You add an extra power steering pump, a (big) remote reservoir and let it do the work, It's a much bigger stronger pump.

That is an awesome feat of engineering. Thank you for sharing!

What a beautiful engine!!!! It would look great under the hood of a sports car. You are right about the time. A second is a LIFETIME in drag racing.

Love to hear it run

Many many years ago, that little /STR showed up at our local strip and astounded everyone there. The two things I remember the most was the sound and man did that thing hook up. It was there just once but it sure left an impression on me.

I read about this engine in one of the mag's way, way back in the day - excellent to see it being restored and not butchered 👍😎🥰

The ingenuity is so impressive. Straight 6 cylinder engines are harmonically pure, and a proper exhaust makes sweet music. This has me to wondering why I haven't heard of a modern version, with a CNC head, dry sump, and every other update possible. Thanks to those sharing history via the comments too!

Thank You for the video. I can really appreciate the ingenuity involved.

We gotta hear it run!

love this motor and all the old school engineering behind it, love to get someone to do a billet head for one and go even further with it. we'll done ,awesome engine

That's a masterpiece. Great work.

What a treat. Thank you.

Most people do not know what a 300 will do just by letting it breathe. The old saying was that it would (in a truck) do 80 off of a cliff. Change the cam and intake (and subsequently carb), and go to a late model exhaust manifold and you would be very surprised what it would do in that truck.

This thing is friggin' awesome!!

Absolutely a piece of art beautiful engine as always awesome video Ken

I remember this engine as a kid and dreaming of building one like it....it would be a lot easier to build a replica now, because of the availability of so many really good Cleveland style aluminum heads. The modern Cleveland style heads have all of the mods they used to do built into the castings..

the KZread gods have brought me together with yet another awesome engineer, and engine builder. you can make this video as long as you want. in fact, it's not long enough. dude, you're standing next to a 306 race motor with aluminum rods, roller cam, boss heads custom fitted, 1 inch raised exhaust ports, my God, I'm not a Ford guy, but that's amazing. I subbed, I liked, can't wait for some more videos. ty😎👍💯💯💯💥💥💥

Such a beautiful work of art!!!! Thank you so much for sharing.

You did a fantastic job restoring a true piece of drag racing history and explaining using the different comparisons so people could understand what it is for as little cubic inch it is , with engineering that is so remarkable remember this is 1969-70 people, 3 Cleveland heads into 1, aluminum rod roller cam fuel injected 6-cylinder making 625 horsepower and breaking track records. Great job sir 👍.

It takes time to get RIGHT, when you get a peace of HISTORY YOU DON'T WORK FAST. I have been watching your videos for a while, and you help me a hell of a lot. Thanks you for sharing advice on all of the engines that you show and the Do and Don't. Our generation is so Lucky. Thanks friend, Larry Amerison from the swamp in north Florida.

Thank you for this video. In high school 1970, my dad and I built a 1966 f100, 457 gears, slicks. 300 6 cyl using vette pistons and valves, crane cam, solid lifters, 4 barrel intake and carb. Ran with the stock 350 Nova's. Never dreamed the 6 had this kind of potential. WOW !

Thing of beauty!

Yes, I had seen a version of this set up back in the early to mid 70's. I was fascinated that someone could take a 300 six and adopt cleveland heads to a six cylinder eng. I am a 351 Cleveland fan and race Clevelands for about 5 years. Like U said it was not pretty, just raw horse power! The class was called altered back in my day. It blew the competition away! The event was NHRA Nationals at Martin US 131 Dragway here in MI. Thanks for the video and the history behind the build of this engine, great show! Blessings.

What a machine! Love it.

Race tech engineering. Metallurgy with the titanium valves oversized of course. Fantastic engineering.

I've seen one in a dirt track late model, back in the mid to late 90's at Grandview speedway in Bechtelsville PA. Back then the field was split on I6 and the more expensive V8's, both ran on methanol alcohol and limited to a 600 or 700 cfm Holley. You are spot on, they were outlawed because of the inherent TQ advantages and the HP/TQ numbers sound identical to what I heard around my dad's racing buddies years ago.

@davidgraham7325

9 ай бұрын

And chevy s could not be found cheating no matter what was done to them we put up with the crap for years

@danielcampbell6146

8 ай бұрын

Yup it's a hemi . Thanks Chrysler 😅

@FRLN500

Ай бұрын

@@danielcampbell6146 Chrysler? No. A Belgian company built the first hemi powered car in 1905. Many other European automakers soon did the same.

That's a really cool piece of history 👌thanks for sharing 👍

God bless you, sounds like you're as sick of the LS fan club as I am lol

@danonoveh8114

2 жыл бұрын

Iam about sick of them also 👍

@trillrifaxegrindor4411

2 жыл бұрын

this has thousands of hours of r and d in it,its easy to get sick of something like the LS that makes killer power,every single time...

@ihearti24traffic

2 жыл бұрын

As if the LS wasn't masterminded by an NHRA enthusiast at the blueprint level. Shut up already, you're worse than any fanboy being an "anti-this/anti-that".

@fiddynutz68

2 жыл бұрын

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 ah yeah and as if the LS wasn't developed from the decades of R & D these guys did back then. Especially Ford. Good thing GM finally got smart and used a shit load of Ford ideas. Did you know you can put 351 Cleveland headers on an LS? Did you know you can put LS heads on a 351 Windsor. That's weird that's weird 🤣

@daviddntait

2 жыл бұрын

The LS engines are great, we all know that already. They have their share of defects like any other engine. My machine shop guy said it best: "LS engines are for guys who are lazy and just wanna go fast" He then would go on to explain his opinion...there is no challenge to that engine. I personally run a well thought out 350 in a little S10. Let's just say some LS guys get embarrassed 😏

You could do a two hour video on this engine From teardown to dyno and it would get a lot of attention man Beautiful piece and thank you for not trying to modify it beyond necessary repairs

Hearing this, makes me reconsider a 4bt swap in my f150… Badass engine and badass video. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing your extraordinary restoration of this fascinating engine. You did a good job of explaining the high port conversion on the Cleveland heads. I have a pair of vintage high port iron Cleveland Pro Stock heads that were modified by Endyn Inc. back in 1982. I got them shortly after Ford SVO released their aluminum Cleveland heads and racers were selling their high port iron Cleveland heads at a fraction of the original $6000 price tag. The intake port floors are filled using aluminum inserts and epoxy to raise the floor 9/16” from the stock location. The port width is increased by 1/16”. The result is much improved intake charge velocity for greater cylinder volumetric efficiency. The exhaust side of the heads have about 1.500” milled off which is replaced with a section of aluminum bar stock with raised exhaust port locations. This eliminates the sharp downward turn that was incorporated into the stock ports as a poorly designed fix for clearance issues between the Mustang shock towers. The improved exhaust flow and power increase is clearly obvious, especially at higher rpms. I plan on using these high port heads on my extensively modified Cleveland 4-bolt main short block. Clevelands rule….always 🏁

What an awesome build.

Great video. I saw a similar engine in a Maverick running at Englishtown back in the day. The sound was phenomenal.

Magnificent! 🫡🇺🇸👍🏻

Wow. Just incredible!. Imagine this thing on modern engine management.

Loved your videos on this engine. Really amazing work you did. That's some engine

I’d really love to see and hear it on the dyno as well as in the car

Honestly really dose fascinate me , thank you for sharing it with us all very much appreciated I love to see things like this from back in the day

I love everything about this. This is American engine newity !

I love how you explained how they flowed the heads I've tried to explain this to people but it never sounded that good it's like trying to explain to people that you can actually have two big valves or you can overport ahead

im ready to hear that fired up

This is amazing thank you for sharing this. I can't imagine how much more this could make with modern efi mods ect. Mad scientist creations are always incredible great piece of history!

What a sweet piece! Never seen a high-port plate on one of these!

Awesome video, great history!

Nice pice of history. Well ahead of its time

Awesome piece of History invented by passionate engineer. Sad to see that passion is disappearing for inventing like this. If it doesn't say no in the rulebook it's okay to try. Outstanding

Bad ass engine…. thank you for sharing this project.

Simply Awesome