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Thank you Blk61409 by the way the W motor has two patents. I don't know why because I got half way thru both and they were verbatim of each other. Any way, just in case you don't have them the numbers are below. https://patents.google.com/patent/US2930366?oq=us2930366...

thank you Dave. do you know the piece points for the z11 head with respect to the bore? do you know the lifter bore centerline spacing and dimensions respect to the bore?

i didn't think any of the w motors had canted valves. All of the ones I've seen and those of z11's online valves doesn't appear to have any can't. But then i read this: The valves on a W engine are not angled like some of its other components. With a head that contains very little of a...

Hello guys, I read online recently that the z11 had canted valves. I always thought all w motors were perpendicular to the cylinder head deck. Were the valves canted and if so what were the angles. Also curious about the center line distance of the lifters. I know they are close the Mk IV...

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I thought I posted this earlier but I guess I goofed it up. What I am wondering is does anyone know why smokey didnt like the 409. I heard chevy asked his opinion and he called it junk or something like that and it pi$$ed chevy off. What was so wrong with it he didnt like. I know some of...

haha I ll ask him about them and see what he has to say haha. Todd

This is just out of curiousity. My ex father in law used to talk about the days of superstock when the 409's were competing real strong. He said they could never keep their bottoms ends together. Keep in mind he is a die hard ford man. does anyone know if this is true and what were the...

Thanks Guys These will help me alot. thanks again Todd

Hey Tom K I applaude your choice to move forward to a challenge. In the past I have past up opportunities that I knew would work but was too afraid to take the chance and then someone else jumped and landed in big pile of cash. A teacher told me once that "safe money is no money". The...

Hey guys I need alittle help and since is the guru board of 409's i thought I'd ask ya'll. One of the unigue features of the 409 is the bore. From my understanding it's oval. Why did they do this when it would increase the manufacturing cost of the engine? Was this to unshroud the...

Also if anyone else has a pic of a conventional big block the same way would be great. I am trying to do a report comparing the first big blocks and the lastest versions. Then discussing the pros and cons in how they relate to racing. thanks Todd

If this was taken recently can i bug you for another one. Can you take another one in the same configuration but facing towards the intake ports. If it isn't dont worry about it. Thank you Todd

Thanks Fatride. thats perfect. todd

haha its ok I'll look around and see. thanks Todd