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Re: Farmalls with Caddy engines
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Posted by Mark on February 23, 2006 at 20:58:41 from (172.148.28.54):
In Reply to: Re: Farmalls with Caddy engines posted by Tim...Ok on February 23, 2006 at 12:48:24:
When you swap out the original iron heads for the new performance types, everything will change. No doubt the new heads will feature humongous valves and then couple that with a high lift long duration cam and the horsepower will go up, the torque curve will change..it will come on hard from the mid to high end...great for high rpms and speed but not worth a nickel for low end/rpm grunt. Ever notice how truck engines have small valves and mild grinds on the cams? makes it all on the bottom end from start to 3200-3600 rpm great for stump pulling, out of breath beyond that.
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