edelbrock cylinder heads
If someone is looking at purely budget and wanting a modern build but not looking for max power I would use the RHS LA-X heads. I wouldnt touch the MA-X heads because the valvetrain adds so much to the cost you are in aluminum head range at that point.
I think the outright cheapest way to get a 360 to run in the 400hp range is the RHS heads. Next factory iron, last RPMs. These are not apples to apples comparisons unfortunately, so unless you have used a bunch of them, and seen the bills for running engines with them, you really don't "know". At least IMO.
I have to ask about the 1st statement about 'not looking for max power'
what build does this statement pertain to exactly?
it just seems really vague, thats all.
If someone was looking for max power in the generality you speak, in the head department, none of these heads should be considered, right?
From what I now 400hp is within stock 2.02 iron heads with a good vj and those r cheaper than new heads last time I looked.
If a guy is running in the .500 lift range, you can't get much more than 270's to 280's with any of these heads, right? and the low lift #'s are too close to distance any of them from each other-'in full ported form' so it comes down to cubic dollars again...right?
and how bout the fact that a lot of these 'tests' are done with a clay radius the size of mount rushmore and or a cnc'd flow plate, meanwhile the rest of us is using a lil string of finger dimpled clay?
$600-900$ for rebuilt factory iron, add $400 for full port-$1300
rhs heads-$1000 -in big valve & ported-$1350-$1450
eddy head-$1450 ---full ported-$2000+
it's the diff between [and depending on whos flow bench] 280's and 290's cfm
hughes claims 298cfm @.600 with J heads they sell right now!
RHS heads are in the 280's-290 cfm according to what I've seen from members who have them and sell them, 'correct me if I'm wrong'
and eddys go maxed out to 290's -300cfm from what I've seen
So ......whats a guy to do?
well do we stay within the range of this guys build lift wise and just compare .200-.500 lift flow between them all...
but do we stay ootb? or do we base it on a price range?
or a potential vs cubic dollar?
hmmmm...
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