ford twin cam head on a m10 - WTF?

[PSloan]

http://forums.s2kca.com/showthread.php?t=13876

Post stolen from r3v - Thought I'd ask you guys. Maybe someone needs to try it?

[70roundtail02]

ughm what....I have no idea....

[PSloan]

I PM'd the guy and asked him for specs as well as posting. Twin cam turbo m10? Sounds fun!!!

[70roundtail02]

yea i am trying to figure out how that'd even work stil...so keep us posted

[adamm]

that sounds very cool. would like to know what you find out...

[Guest Anonymous]

Got a ford 4.6L Head gasket in my hand. I'll check this out tonight! It'd be awesome if it did because I can get performance mustang heads through our distributors for el cheapo. Wonder if anyone would notice in autox

[PSloan]

I'm sure the different manifolds would give it away. Cant wait to see if this works.

[_z_]

i'll ask my ford nut buddies about this one for sure. that would crack me up. -- i've got an extra block i was planning on building up one of these days -- years -- eons

[peteinjp]

a search fof bimdub shows that him as a mamber at bimmerforums and the 320 forums- but no luck in terms of searching those sites. i have a feeling he just lined up the gasket and said- hmmmm

[Tommy]

"Easy" is a very relative word. For someone it's "easy" if they have the same distance between cylinders and some of the head bolt holes match. Still there's whole lot of things to figure out (making custom manifolds being the easiest one) but it's doable. I have no idea what that Ford head looks like but I'm sure it's far from bolt on job!

Tommy

[PSloan]

Here is part of the guy's response - he doesnt seem to have it running yet but is working on it. The only thing tht I can imagine is a challenge is the intake manifold and cam gears.

ok first...you are working on an M-10 engine? say 2002 or E21 or E30 single cam four?

the Ford head has the same bolt spacing......the DOHC or SOHC head from a 4.6 or 5.4

even the Lincoln head will work.....the intake is anothe issue....the exhaust is easy! you would need the passenger side head!

[maikelm11]

Hi,

Probably not a bolt on job, but I think it's worth checking into..

Keep us updated!

Maikel

[sebandwhit]

Wow... this wold be awesome if it works. I wonder what kind of performance differences(hp, torque, and turbo setups) would come out of this. I cant wait to see some pics.

[PSloan]

I'm worried about the cam timing\duration. Probably more money in new cams and gears than it's worth.

[winstontj]

I'm worried about the cam timing\duration. Probably more money in new cams and gears than it's worth.

When you start going down a road like this - unless you have the need to be totally different, or have amazing access to all kinds of fabrication equipment AND have the skills to use it I'd say that the cost of a project like this would vastly outweigh the cost of an M2 conversion with a full stock rebuild to an s14.

Just fabricating intakes, exhaust, cams, pistons, timing covers.... nevermind putting a turbo on the sucker. You're into an easy 10grand to get that going and you can do an m2 conversion for that all day long.