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Old Mar 10, 2019 | 07:18 PM
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Hey people, Can i install early model heads on late model engine? I now they switched from bottom breather in1991 and switched to breathing through heads into air filter.
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Old Mar 10, 2019 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by shankman
Hey people, Can i install early model heads on late model engine? I now they switched from bottom breather in1991 and switched to breathing through heads into air filter.
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Can you physically bolt them on...yes
It an extremely bad idea...YES!!!!
Your engine needs to breath and if you put case breather heads on a head breather motor it won't be able to.

BTW '92 was the last year of the case breathers.
 
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