Budget cylinder heads for a 318

318willrun said
Since nothing is bought (car or engine), I suggest you continue your research and see what kind of budget it takes to obtain the car and engine you would like to have. See how much rust free Duster's run in price, heads of different types, and see how well it stacks up against your funds and then make decisions. Nothing wrong with coffee shop talk..... as for speedmaster heads, I did a home inspection on them and found nothing wrong, and they've been on my car close to 2 years issue free. I don't drive it much, though.

P.S. - It's hard to say you are looking for "cheap, budget" and then quote your Dad saying "cheaper isn't always better". Little bit conflicting. Again, coffee shop talk. Do more searching in the for sale adds online

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I think the conflicting words actually make sense. Just not in an expected way. Cheaper may not always be better so spending coin on a good item is better than spending twice (or more) on crap.

To that end, I don’t see a reason myself on a TF head expense at this level. Would it actually be better? I have seen dyno results that say YES! But I wonder how actually driving it would be. Maybe one day I’ll try something like this for fun.