D0VE C Head question

I'm looking at a pair of heads that are "supposed to be" D0VE C. The Casting numbers have been ground off for some unknown reason. Is there any other way to tell if they are, in fact, D0VE C ?

They have screw in studs and small combustion chambers. I'd be a little skeptical of them having DOVE-C ground off ? Could be D3VE's that someone put the studs in. The DOVE's use the large spark plug too, not sure about a D3 , I'll have to go look ?

Can you post some pic's of the combustion chambers/valves and do they have screwin studs for adj.rockers?

56Tbird wrote:They have screw in studs and small combustion chambers. I'd be a little skeptical of them having DOVE-C ground off ? Could be D3VE's that someone put the studs in. The DOVE's use the large spark plug too, not sure about a D3 , I'll have to go look ?

Dan,I think the D3's take the small 14mm plug.

I haven't seen any d3ve heads with the big plugs in them not saying they where in made with big plugs just I haven't ever seen any.I have never seen a dove-c with small plugs in them except where someone had put the adapters in them.

I have both D3's and C8's ...D3=small hole C8=larger hole

Thanks guys, These have the 18mm plug hole, screw in studs.

Probably C8/C9/D0ve. Pretty much same head. But,don't know why someone would grind off the #'s

Thanks again. As far as grinding the numbers off, I guess it's one of life's little mysteries.

I have seen guys in mud racing and truck pulling classes grind off part or all of casting numbers to keep nosey people from knowing what they have.

bbf-falcon wrote:Probably C8/C9/D0ve. Pretty much same head. But,don't know why someone would grind off the #'s

Getting the weight down.

maybe they're cj heads...

SCJ heads have the 14mm plugs