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Originally Posted by blykins
However, you can bolt an LS head onto a SBF block with the same ease that you can bolt a 351C head to a SBF block. If you can't see the similarities between an LS head and a Cleveland head, I'm not sure how to explain it to you.
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How is the LS similar to a Cleveland head? I can't see it. The port shapes are nothing alike. LS has tall narrow cathedral ports and exhaust ports that work. Valves are all in line on the LS where as the Cleveland head they are porcupine and more like a BB chev.
I have a 4V Cleveland sitting on the floor not 10 feet from an LS1 and they couldn't look more different to me. The bore spacings might be the same and they are 4 bolt ber cylinder but that's about it.
The real question you have to ask is "Why are people trying o bolt LS heads on Windsor blocks if the Windsor is so much superior?" You don't hear LS guys going on about their Cleveland head conversions...
All this discussion about copying, again I can't see it. The motors have elements that lots of different manufacturers used. The deep skirted block of the LS motor with it's cross bolted mains... Is that a rip off of the FE motor? Umm Chrysler and plenty of European manufacturers have used that technique too.
It's like saying GM made their pistons round just like Ford. They must have copied that idea
Many elements of all these motors have been shared across a ton of other designs. Each is their own unique combination. Some combos work better than others for different reasons.
I like the motors from both these manufacturers. I posted the vid because I thought it was an interesting comparison of two different ways to get the job done. Both sound great and will make more power than you know what do do with in a Cobra.
You get the same arguments like: "My 2L Nissan makes more power per cubic inch than your clunky old V8 so it must be bette...r" If that makes you happy with the team you cheer for then OK, whatever floats your boat.
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