351 gurney weslake heads

[Simon]

Is anyone fitting a set of Gurney Weslake heads to a 351 engine (or planning to?)
Simon

 

[Kevin Box]

Simon

I have seen it done - A guy called Rob Kennard ran this set-up on a saloon car in NZ back in the 80s I remember talking to him at the time ad the only issue he had was getting a valley cover to suit. - he made a custom one.

We were building a 351W (366c.i) with Cleveland small chamber heads at the time and borrowed his pattern to cast a valley cover for our Weber intake which was ex Cleveland

I am fairly sure you will probabaly need a custom set of pistons.

If you have a set, I think the shouldn't be left sitting on a shelf. They should be out there for the world to see!!

Good luck

KevinB

 

[Simon]

I don't actually have a set or am planning to fit any, but I do have something which may be of interest to somebody who is contemplating it.

Simon

 

[Rodders]

Rob Kennard also ran a custom (Les Hunter built) 4 barrel intake.
Built from sheet metal and exhaust tubing if I remember correctly.
Gurney Weslake heads on a 351 block is straight forward, as Kevin has said, just by fabricating a valley cover to suit.