I'm curious about a set of heads I had offered to me today by a buddy. He had them reworked years ago and discovered he still had them but knows nothing about them now. I don't see any identifying numbers like my dove heads in fact they don't have any markings except the numbers 45 right by one of the spark plug holes. They are iron heads since they have some surface rust and i'm probably just gonna pass but I was hoping that there might be something to them since he took the time to prep them at some point.

Does anyone know what they could be?
Seriously there is nothing else on them besides "45"

Im not sure what the problem was but I put it all together and put an inline fuse just to be safe leaving out headed to the front.
Works perfect and showing 14 volts on the gauge now. 

Ok,  today I went to a local shop today that rebuilds alternators and they sold me a marine alternator and put the reverse fan on it for me. They said that if I rebuilt the motorolla it was not going to be worth it because its more expensive than buying one of their marine ones and it only puts out like 30-40 amps when theirs puts out 70.

It cost me 89 bucks....

Im going to put the battery back in, iv'e already mounted the alternator, but im going to put an inline fuse on the main line leaving out to my main switch panel so hopefully I can isolate the problem if its coming from something up front shorting out the thing.

The battery I have is a optima red top and they swear by it that they never go out or give problems. The auto parts store claims someone wrecked their car and one of the cells was broken of the battery and it still worked.

With all that being said, Brand new stuff can be bad too ...

Did I mention in the first post that when i hook up the wire from the alternator it pulls down the motor a few hundred rpms at idle.
That cant be right?

I'm surprised that if it is something up front that i haven't seen smoke coming out from under the dash.

Also I cannot find an alternator that has the fan turning the right direction.  Is there a part # for a 460 ford alternator that has the fan in the right direction?

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Just had it tested and it tested out to be ok but needs a charge. I left it there at auto parts store for them to charge and re-test

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Guys, as I said in the beginning,  I own a carpet cleaning company. I have never and will never claim to be a mechanic. That is why I come here, a forum full of mostly knowledge. I am doing the best I can and would say I have come pretty far from where I started. If you research out my history here I came here with a hull and a pump which I just rebuilt myself also.
No I do not know the complete purpose of a power valve but I have an idea. Maybe rattling around was not the right phrase but we'll say low on vacuum enough to let it leak.

I have gotten a lot of useful info from alot of people here and I appreciate all the info and help I have recieved, especially the ones who have taken time with going the extra mile and using private messages to explain so I can understand.
Anyone need advice on carpet stains or repairs, feel free to ask. I do have 20 years exp. With that.

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Next time on the water I will nail it from idle and I'm sure all the re tuning will begin. Lol
Seriously though it's perfect how I run it but the thought of a perfectly tuned from idle holeshot sounds very addictive.
Might even get the same slingshot feeling I get when I leave the line on my crotch rocket. ☆

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 I figured out the idle problem. Just by putting in the water tamed it down alot.
However I believe the problem was is that I linked the carbs together without checking to see that the idle screws were all the way out on both. So either way if you ran the screws all the way out after they were tied together if one wasn't set to zero that one would still hold open with the adjustments all the way out. Once they were linked one would hold the other open just a tad.
I believe this is going to be my final adjustment to get it complete. I'm gonna disconnect the carb throttle linkage tying them together, run idle screws all the way out on both, then reconnect linkage, then try and set the idle once they are both closed completely together.
I got it close but I believe this will get it dead on.

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I'm sorry I wasn't clear.  I ran it with the with the secondaries hooked up mechanically and it ran like crap.
It HAD a huge bog when they came open.
So I took the linkage off and let the vacuum secondaries do there thing and it works perfectly.

It has quick fuel adjustable secondaries with a screw to adjust how quick they open and I actually had to run the screw in to slow down how quickly they open.

So yes, I would say the vacuum secondaries works very well with the tunnel ram on mine.


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Also, once it was in the water I got it to actually idle down where it should be, still tries to surge a little but I'm damn close. Close enough to run it like it is.

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All I have to do is pull a cotter pin out and take the arm off. The vacuum mechanism is still there I'm just bypassing it . Kind of force feeding it..
100% reversible. ..

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Instead of the arms sliding and letting the secondarys open up with vacuum they are pulled open with the front

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