c9ve-a heads

[fordbeast]

hi guys, ive found a couple of 460's with these castings on the heads and was wondering what ill have to do to maintan good compression between 10.5 and 11.0 will i need to zero deck this and if i do what else will need to be done or can i just bore .030 over and use stock flat top pistons.

[fordbeast]

i almost forgot the most important thing on both of these 460's the power steering pump is on the crankshaft can anyone tell me about this and do i need to keep this on the crank or can i do away with it without messing up my balance of the crank.

[Paul Kane]

Originally posted by fordbeast
hi guys, ive found a couple of 460's with C9VE castings on the heads and was wondering what ill have to do to maintan good compression between 10.5 and 11.0 will i need to zero deck this and if i do what else will need to be done or can i just bore .030 over and use stock flat top pistons.

These heads are identical to D0VE heads. C9VE's and flat-tops will put you at about 11.25:1 in a 460 that is .030" over and zero-decked.

Paul