gt40 heads car list with year

juit · 01-23-2013, 11:26 PM

anyone have a list of what cars and year have gt40 heads?

was calling the jyards and they need the car with years, they dont have the heads pulled out with model numbers

Scode67FB · 01-24-2013, 02:25 AM

93-95 Mustang Cobra
96 Explorer
94-95 Lightning PU

juit · 01-24-2013, 07:29 AM

those are all?

Boom · 01-24-2013, 08:09 AM

That is the list. Short and sweet.

The GT40 heads came around as Ford was going into Mod motors so it was never used widely on production cars.

juit · 01-24-2013, 09:19 AM

are CASTING F3ZE good or they are nt the same?

this guy is selling alum on fleabay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-289-302...91012f&vxp=mtr

65fastback6 · 01-24-2013, 11:21 AM

I have looked in salvage yards at Explorers, 96's, for
the GT-40 heads and all I have found have been GT-40-P
heads which have different exhaust manifolds, some
say you can make them work.

Boom · 01-24-2013, 11:28 AM

You can make the P heads work if you arfe gifted with a welder or rich enough to buy the special headers. I looked into it and the headers were like $700 (plain, not ceramic or such) and only mid length.

Some say certain headers work with areas "massaged" for clearance.

juit · 01-24-2013, 11:47 AM

so they are not in explorers?

65fastback6 · 01-24-2013, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juit

so they are not in explorers?

I wouldn't say that they are not in Explorers, I wasn't able to
find many 96's would see more 97's 98's which were P heads,
many of them already gone from the car. Maybe a partial year
in 96 that they used them, don't know. You may want to go on
a late model 5.0 website like Modded Mustangs, I'm sure you
could get more specific info there.

ScottsGT · 01-24-2013, 12:37 PM

The Cobra GT-40's are actually a little different. They have the thermactor ports on them for the Mustang pollution control system.
The GT-40's have 3 vertical bars cast into the front while P's have 4 bars.

Renegade600 · 01-24-2013, 01:31 PM

I would seriously consider "not" buying these heads. ProComp heads are great if you tie them to a rope and tie the other end to a boat.

Lots of issues with procomp heads.
Tom

juit · 01-24-2013, 02:16 PM

so what all of you guys recomend then?

B2BigAl · 01-24-2013, 02:27 PM

If you're looking for gt-40's, hit up the for sale section over on corral.net, there's always some listed. That said, for what they cost, I'd just save a little more and get a set of used edelbrocks or trick flow/afr's if you can afford it. I was looking at the gt's, but for what you can pick up aluminum heads for these days...

Scode67FB · 01-25-2013, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juit

are CASTING F3ZE good or they are nt the same?

F3ZE is the casting of the GT40 head. I see 96 Explorers in the yards around here fairly regularly, but I don't bother pulling the heads anymore. Too time-consuming to pull. Expensive to buy. Always break off at least one intake manifold bolt on removal. Can't get decent money for them. I have 3-4 sets of them right now.

Renegade600 · 01-25-2013, 01:40 PM

If you are looking to get some GT40's I would look for a set of the F3ZE-AA heads. these are from the firstrun of the head and have the 60-61cc chamber. the later GT40s and the GT40 P's have the larger 64cc chamber.

For a stock ford head the GT-40 is a good upgrade over the stock 302 heads....

If i would be buying aluminum, i would go with the Trick Flows or AFR's first then probably the edelbrocks and so on down the line (except ProComp as in your link to ebay) .

Tom