NO CLEVELANDS?
 

This question is for George. I'm just starting the buildup of a car for True Street and I was wondering why Cleveland heads aren't allowed in True Street? I understand that you're trying to keep Yates heads out but why not limit Cleveland style heads to cast iron? These heads are great as an affordable race head. Thanks for your time.
Kirk

The basic rules for True Street have been laid down by the editors of Muscle Mustang & Fast Fords magazine, not FFW.
Why don't you mention your request to Evan Smith or Campi?

I know that one reason is that Clevelands have a canted valve design, which until fairly recently meant an "unfair" advantage. The Cleveland is not an inline valve head and even the small 2 barrel head has large valves. This begs the question--why are twisted wedge heads legal? They have large valves, rotated combustion chamber. The twisted wedges even have modern port designs. Technically, the twisted wedges should not be legal. You might try using this as ammuntion in favor of allowing Clevelands. Besides, any advantage the Cleveland heads had over other smallblock heads are long gone. Example: Edelbrock Victor heads. These babies flow right up there with the Yates heads.

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George,
Do you have an e-mail address for Evan or Campy?

Sorry, I don't.