To cut or not to cut

While I'm waiting for the engine to come back from the machine shop, I'm thinking about cutting the shock towers. The engine is a 302, but since it is a drag car I'm beginning to think extra header and sparkplug clearance will be beneficial.

Anyone have a template to use to cut them?

 

For your car's intended use, you should probably cut them...

 

any extra room will help you especially when you are at the track and in a hurry.

 

I would swap in a Mustang II front suspension.....besides, it will benefit future engine upgrades

 

I'm thinking I should cut them also. Does anyone have the dimensions of the cut?

Mustang II, maybe next year.

 

Do a search, I did mine a little deeper than others. An advanced search with threads started by me will get you dimensions.

If you cannot find them, PM me and i will pull them up for you.

I highly recommend that EVERYONE do shock tower cuts unless they are trying to keep the car 100% stock looking. It makes all the difference in the world when swapping plugs, putting on headers, pretty much any work under the hood has more room.

I remember the first time I swapped plugs...took me over an hour to get the 4 rear plugs out. My dad and I were thinking of modifying the towers at that point. A year or so later, I joined the forum and got the directions from here.