Edelbrock Victor small block head……

I would enjoy seeing more builds with these as well.

The Edelbrock details say these would take a standard-style big block rocker arm, so the valvetrain really should not be a huge factor in running these. It's not a custom piece, so they say.

I had thought about this previously but definitely cannot afford to actually do it, just daydreaming when I should be working. I just double checked the numbers on Hughes Engines website. If we were to order two new Edelbrock RPM LA heads for 962.95 each, and then add their CNC full porting service for 1975.82 we end up at a total head cost of 3,901.72. Now if we order two 61729 Victor heads from Summit racing we are in for 4,089.90 and they are already CNC ported to final dimensions. If you trust the work Hughes does, you can probably run the ported RPM as received, but we would probably have a good shop look over and correct the valve job as necessary on the Victors and that will add a little to Victor cost. The Hughes site actually lists the Victor head at 1711.95 each, or 3,423.90 per pair.

Question 1: how would these perform in a real world drag racing situation on a small block based around an approximately 400 cubic inch engine. Engine of course would be built around the minimum bore size, or so, needed to clear the 2.15 intake and 1.60 exhaust valve of the Victor?

Question 2: how would the Victor head perform on a 400ish cube engine with 15-30 pounds of boost? This could be fun.

Question 3: if I built an engine for these heads with the right combination of parts, could this engine up being a good naturally aspirated, street driven, often drag raced A-body at right around 3000 pounds with driver.

All day dreaming or bench racing for me.