head help

Discussion in 'Buick FAQ' started by rnoel1969, Nov 2, 2003.

  1. rnoel1969

    rnoel1969 Well-Known Member

    i recently purchased a 73 455 and 400 tranny from a salvage yard the casting #'s on the heads are 1241860. does anyone know if these are just stock heads or maybe i got lucky and thier stage 1 heads.thanks for any info, ron
     
  2. Dan Healey

    Dan Healey Well-Known Member

    You can ONLY tell by looking at the valves

    If it appears to be difficult to slide a dime between the intake & exhaust (in other words the valves nearly touch each other), then you have stage 1 heads. Or you must measure the diameter of the valves.
     

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