Which heads to get?
I asked because everything I've read(which is admittly not a lot) about Edlebrock heads inparticular was that you need to put a lot of money into them it seems. So I was curious aside from the weight difference why you couldn't put the same money into steel heads and have similar performance. Thanks for the info and input guys.
In our experience, the Edelbrock heads hold up well in stock to mild form, no long term on radical porting but thats not the topic. They do however need a valve job or at least complete disassemble to check guide clearance. I have seen several sets that didnt need anything but have also seen sets that were crap. I got burned 2 x before I learned to check them first.
If you charge your customer $1500 plus gaskets and labor to install them and within 50 miles the engine smokes like a burnt /6 , you get kind of pissed... When said company tells you to go F yourself your get more pissed. Other than some machining mistakes (est 30-50%)the heads themselves are good, its the company that sucks. Customer service is ****.
EQ will bolt right on and work great to just over 400HP, possibly more, no problems. If you do port work, they will easily work to 500 hp. Probably the cheapest 500 hp you will get. As demonstrated by Don, he has them working to 600 hp.
We build mostly 350-450 hp engines that are either A body or Wrangler bound. Real world vehicles that are driven daily. Thats what our customers want and we dont argue. For what we do, the EQ heads work very well and are cheaper than the other heads available. Probaby the same logic to us selling reground rollers for $199 5-1 over our billet roller for $399...also, everything we build is injected.