W5 intake pics

I agree rrvolare, a move to the current HEMI is a better move n some ways. The current small block HEMI has every advantage over the older engines. There born with it. Or mildly modified for it.

The draw back is the cost of starting from scratch and making things work over already have not an LA set up. LA and Magnum blocks are everywhere. (Well, pretty much everywhere!)

The W series heads are really good platforms to go on. And for the longest time, the only real game in town. The W2 & W5 heads are the only W series head that the little guy can get into and use rather cheaply but still yet effectively. With the recent set of heads released, the Victor and Trick Flows offering, the W2-5 heads fall into the in between area of those heads and the basic head replacement heads like Edelbrocks Performer head.

If you can find a set of W2-5’s floating about, there sometimes unique parts can be the deciding factor in building them. But the heads themselves are currently of reasonable prices. The W5’s can be found cheaper than the W2’s often enough.

The W5 intake manifolds pictures above for use on standard heads only need bolt hole modifications or visa versus for regular intakes to be modified for W5 use.

So it still may be a decent idea to build a W headed engine....
The heads can flow very well!