Posted by Charlie Ping (IP: 131.204.59.140) on October 26, 1999 at 23:47:28:
In Reply to: V8 heads posted by Andy on October 24, 1999 at 15:58:03:
Ford did it simply to save costs. Chevy is the same way. The castings can be simplified as one head casting for both sides. Then Ford will drill/machine for emmisions, etc and will designate which side the head will be on. It's kind of neat, i think. -CP
: Hey guys, I have a question for you. Okay, I was helping a buddy put back on the heads after he had had some work done on them. I noticed something that struck me as odd. I don't know too much about ford engines so I'm not sure if this is right or not, but on the drivers side of the engine, the sparkplugs are angled back. But on the opposite side the spark plugs are angled forward. Is this right? This made the exhauset manifold fit a little differently on one side than on the other. I thought maybe the heads were simply the same, but they both have the emissions are pump intake bolts on the back? If this is the correct configuration for the heads, why did ford do this?