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Originally posted by Jack Zupan
Rick,
I think the problem is that the Windsor and the Cleveland have different deck heights. If I remember correctly the Windsor is taller by about 0.3 inches. This will throw your header geometry way off by the time you get to the chassis frame. I had a Cobra like this until last year and the headers were custom made. You may have to do that also. If I can dig out any help from my old notes, I will let you know.
Jack Z.
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Jack,
The deck height has nothing to do with it. The heads are completely different, especially the exhaut ports which are almost 1" longer and angle much further down than a windsor. If you are curious, look at the difference side by side sometime. The differences are very obvious. The header bolts aren't even in the same configuration. I learned a lot about the cleveland style head when I first moched up my motor in my car and the heads banged against the upper frame rail. They are huge compared to the in-line valve windsor head.
Most small block folks stay clear of the canted-valve stuff ie, cleveland, boss, c-3 and yates.
John Marsey