need help- will Champion 3.8 steel heads fit 4.1
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So I was wonder.... I have a 4.1 block and a set of Champion steel ported 3.8 heads and was wondering will they work on a 4.1 block???
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So there will be no problem with the water jackets???..do to someone posted this in another posted ad:
"Make sure your water ports that are along the lifter valley are correct and everything else should swap over. We did a 4.1 into a Vega wagon and the heads were wrong for the block and it filled the block completely with water when we were ready to fire it up. Your 85 should have a 20 bolt oil pan and the 4.1 will have a 14 bolt. The timing cover and pan will be different in those respects and the 4.1 oil pan won't have an oil baffle in it"
Or anything else I need to do to make these heads fit good???? I want to use Cometic head gaskets and will be using 0.30
"Make sure your water ports that are along the lifter valley are correct and everything else should swap over. We did a 4.1 into a Vega wagon and the heads were wrong for the block and it filled the block completely with water when we were ready to fire it up. Your 85 should have a 20 bolt oil pan and the 4.1 will have a 14 bolt. The timing cover and pan will be different in those respects and the 4.1 oil pan won't have an oil baffle in it"
Or anything else I need to do to make these heads fit good???? I want to use Cometic head gaskets and will be using 0.30
