Cast vs. Aluminum heads and bang for buck..

Cast vs. Aluminum heads and bang for buck..

if I knew the name of the famous racer who used cast iron I would say like him or her and if I knew someone famous that used aluminum I would say him or her and maybe that would make it more understandable...

318willrun said
Sure, many will be interested in loaded aluminum heads for 820. But this thread isn't about where to buy, there was a thread on that last year, their big sale. This thread is about, "putting equal or more into iron heads vs aluminum".
Lets visit REALVILLE.

My 318 heads in my '74 Duster. New valve springs for 50 bucks, and new exhaust valves for 48 bucks, and 10 bucks for new umbrella seals, 20 bucks in stones to port. For my engine, for my build, 128 dollars and some winter time porting, I got what I wanted. Didn't want 800+ dollar heads!

I also bought remanufactured, fully loaded mag heads for 300 bucks (pair). They were meant for my 5.2 mag. I changed my mind, added 230 bucks for Hughes spring kit, and 60 bucks to have Odessa's fix checked out, and 10 dollars in stones. That's 600 dollars all set for up to .550 lift. You will be over 900 dollars in your aluminum heads with springs. That's still 300 bucks cheaper than your heads with new spring, and even more if you take yours to a machine shop to be checked out, and I'm not sure you'll flow hardly any better, IF better.

So tell my why I'm stupid in these two builds??? This is why the decision will be made case by case scenario.

I certainly don't know why you're putting words into my mouth and in the end here asking me why I think you're stupid? I don't.
.Also freshening up your 318 heads have absolutely nothing to do with this whatsoever...
. now the second scenario don't forget to add the $99 for the pushrods that you're going to need to make those heads work?
And I won't forget the 60 bucks that I'll need for the special studs to mount mine..
I'm definitely saying I would be stupid to spend the same kind of money I did on my factory cast iron heads knowing what I know now...
I guess what I'm saying if I could do it over again I would do it different with this new option.
And what I hear you saying is if you had to do it over again with this option available you would still do what you did?
as in if you knew when you got those heads everything you were going to end up doing to them and have checked and back and forth to the Machine Shop and all the grinding and Hassell..