Ford heads

[68monster]

I have an older guy that is of course a "Mr. chevy" he is always bringing up what he calls a "dog leg" that is on the exhaust valve on ford heads? does anyone know what the heck he istalking about? and if so what is its purpose? also any fire to throw his way about crappy chevy design would be welcome

[72bumbee]

I'm not positive, but a "dog Leg" refers to an odd angle. So whatever is bent at a sharp/wierd angle, would probably be what he is referring to. As for a crappy chevy design... just tell him chevys are poopy!

[R.Smith]

Hey...next time a bowtie boy gives you a hard time, just ask him...

"I see Ford turned another profit this year...hows GM doing??"

FOMOCO...Nice cars, tough trucks, and we pay our own bills too!

[ximy]

For his part... Ford did provide us with this dogleg problem in the exhaust port... overcome with some basic port cleanup

[68monster]

does anyone have a pic of what this dog leg looks like? alos what is it's purpose?

[fordman]

it is inside of the exhaust port. it is just a bump inside fo the port. if that is the dog leg they are talkign about.

[TNIceWolf]

Its a part of the casting. And from what I understand not easily overcome by simple grinding away at the casting in the port. What he is talking about is performance upgrades most likely. It's a lot easier to modify certain other makes and types of heads is probably what he is saying.