We didn’t need the Pacaloy springs for the hyd. roller street cam we’ll probably run. The focus for us is to make the heads live in a street car without needing a girdle. Lighter spring pressure (specific to our cam choice and peak rpm) should make that happen. He substituted the springs and we finally made a deal for about $1500 less than his original asking price.
So yes, the heads are stamped “Gianino”, who is that? At first, all I could find in Chicago was a pizzeria tied to the name Gianino. Poking fun I was telling my friends; Yep, when they aren’t making pie’s there’s a room in the back where they port cylinder heads!
By sheer luck I did run across an old David Freiburger article on Sam Gianino, “Gianino Racing Engines”, he mentions the 92 Fastest Street Car Shootout in the article. I’m thinking this is probably our guy and that they may have come from his shop.
https://www.yellowbullet.com/threads...ianino.625246/
Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Sam Gianino
https://mmshof.org/index.php/inducte...09-sam-gianino
Kudos to our body shop Perks Auto Body & Custom, Chris & Kelly. Not only did their big red 70 K20 make it to LS Fest West but they came home with the best paint award!
