Max horsepower with EQ heads?

RAMM said

The problem here is the way the EQ's are cast. It is not possible to easily plug the pushrod hole as it is an irregular opening in the EQ's. I have begged Eric @ EQ to send me a pair of heads that "missed" the pushrod machining operation to no avail. I also have asked Eric to cast these in aluminum and price them below Edelbrocks and watch Edelbrock cease to sell any smallblock heads at all. Apparently an aluminum version is a real possibility. J.Rob

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An aluminum EQ head would be nice. As to the iron head's pushrod hole.....yeah, it involves machining a much larger round hole, then wedging and sealing an aluminum dowel between the port runner and the intake manifold bolt boss. The whole operation would be much easier on the Indy LAX head where the pushrod hole is enclosed all 360 degrees. In 2010 there was a LAX head part number for an offset pushrod hole. I shoulda bought a few of those heads back then.