pcs

11 bolts for romeo and 13 for the windsor.

stangalator

i feel stupid, i though windsor was 99-01, they are really 99-00 according to wiki... thats better, i can use my own valve covers.

i should just check it out personally tomorrow, just to make sure...

pcs

01 was the changing year, they can be either. if your engine is a non pi then its a romeo, on mustangs of course.

pcs

romeo heads have a girdle on the cam bolts and windsors dont.

stangalator

ahhh, then they are romeo, he sent me a picture of the top of the heads, there are 11, that makes things easier. Plus thanks for the info on the alt. bracket, your input is great! im looking for these money saving things, im real good at cob-jobbing thing like rigging the alt. bracket as you said.

what kind of numbers would i be looking at with ported pi heads and 24 lb injectors/mass air?

pcs

depends on the cams, but from what ive seen people that do the swap,its somewhere in the 300whp. that includes all the usual bolt ons with ported heads. just look at some of the other guys sigs. that have done the npi to pi swap. stock pi gt make around 230-240whp. since your pistons arent dished but flat your c/r will be higher so even w/o porting that should mean you would make more hp.

stangalator

i was thinking, wouldn't hgiher rated bolts be better then tty bolts, do you know the specs on the head bolts like the thread lenght, total lenght, diameter, and max psi?
i think i could find them cheap at mcmaster-carr

william_ace

what does it take the c/r to? are the stock PI cams good enough with ported heads, or is there a cam that most use when swapping from non pi to PI?

pcs

about 10.0:1 from the ford racing catalog. if that concerns you, you could get a thicker head gasket, say from cosmetic to drop it back down to about 9.5 for the stock pi engine. the stock cams will work but if you go with crower or comp you will get more. just depend on you budget.

william_ace

only concerns me because i was thinking about a super charger dwon the road some time, but that really doesnt matter all that much.