sbc heads Jeg's Canfield 215 sold new in 2004

[dave brode]

]Hello All,
I can find info on the 220s,but not the 215s. It looks as the 215s are near std valve spacing, whereas the 220s require a .150' offset rocker/lifter. With a caliper, these measure 1.885" intake to to exh C/L, and 2.346" C/L between center exhausts. Angle plug,CNC chambers and intake bowls, otherwise as cast.

The 51423 part number on the box and the stamped #215-65-1 numbers match both the invoice, the invoice and a tech at Jeg's told me says 64cc. but he had no other info. These were bolted on 15 years ago, but never run. I just bought them, but what worries me is there is nothing to indicate that they are Canfield, although the Jeg's guy said that they are. The "LAC" cast letter are the only thing cast in.

It would be wonderful to learn more about them. One thing a bit odd is what looks to be two drillings with allen plugs, and soft plugs in the ends. It was stated to be evidence that they are canfield the one thread that I found on various jeg's head including the 215s.

I will attempt to post pictures. Thanks for anything you might offer. Esp on a light port job. There is some minor core shift in some of the intakes.
Dave

p.s. I know to check the valve job and such. I worry a tad about the quality of valves and springs......

[PRH]

I had a couple of sets of those Jegs heads come thru the shop when they were current.
They didn’t require offset rockers, but other than that I don’t recall too much about them....... other than they didn’t stand out to me as anything special.
I was like “meh”.
But I can’t say for sure if they were 215’s or not.
I wanna say whatever version I had here only flowed in the 240’s(similar to an ootb Dart iron eagle 200 of that time), and I seem to recall the floor/SSR as being comparatively flat.
My recollection is that recutting the seats and a quickie bowl blend was worth hardly anything on the Flow bench.

Edit: digging around I see some mentioning of a “197” head..... which rings a bell....... so that certainly(probably) may have been what I had here in the shop, and not the 215’s.

[Ericnova]

I've got a set of CNC'd 220's, and I remember well when these were available as I flipped back and forth several times over which to buy.. The 215cc was a bigger port version of the 197cc standard location valvetrain head. Everything the same as the 197cc except bigger intake port volume. Use the same "hook" port as most 23° heads to go around the intake pushrod. Uses standard location valvetrain parts.

The 215's also had either 2.055" intake valve or optionalr 2.105" valve, the 197 was 2.055" only.

The Jeg's head was cast for them by Canfield.....white boxed for Jegs to label as theirs....Jegs is doing the same thing currently with the ProFiler head casting.

The 220's are no pushrod pinch ("NPP")and require offset stud rockers or shaft rockers.

[Ericnova]

There is a bunch of flow data for the Canfield heads on Stan Weiss Cylinder Head Database if you were wondering about thoer flow capability.

The 215 wasn't bad for the day when it was new.

[dave brode]

Thanks, Gents!

I've looked at data for 215s with 2.08" at Stan's, with reference of 23-555-65. Mine have 23-555-01 cast in [last pic]. Mine are 2.100", but I saw a thread that bashed the valve job on the 2.100" Jeg's version. I'll see.


Assuming the 23-555-65 is same as my 23-555-01, the #s don't look bad, but the exh is a tad low in the mid range. It doesn't note, but I assume out of the box.

Canfield 23-550-65 Alum 215/- 2.08/1.60 4.125 Pipe .100" - '700":
62/43
141/112
207/152
255/173
270/184
279/195
283/213


The pushrod pinch looks odd, with two sharp-ish angles on it. The rest of the ports look to be an attempt of an cast copy of a ported head to my non pro eye.

There are two more sets of 215 #s there, which show nice gains from pocket work, but they look to be at 10". I also see data on 195s and 220s. [195s called 197 at Jeg's?] http://www.users.interport.net/s/r/srwe ... .htm#Chevy

Thanks again
Dave

[Monzsta]

My Canfield 195's have the same drilled and plugged hole above the siamese exhaust ports,