joe440
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Undecided if i want to spend the money on aluminum heads. Weight is an obvious advantage with the aluminum. Just want to here some of your opinions of both and the pros and cons of both. Thanks Joe
dont waste your money on 30 year old iron heads that will eventually crack.
full ported irons cost around the same as a stock Edelbrock set and flow nearly the same.
Then you have the option to port the Eddys. Or the 440source Stealth heads.
go aluminum !
I did not find any of these problems with the Eldelbrock heads. I took them to my machinist & had him inspect them & check for valve seal. All were ok. I'm very impressed with the out of the box performance. The only thing I changed was the valve springs to match my camshaft. As for the port finish, if you look down the carb opening to where the intake meets the head, you could not have ported these any closer. They match that well. I run a mild 360 combo (11.47 @ 116mph ) in a 3360 lbs street car. These are unported, out of the box heads. Just think what they will do when they are ported. Also, they can be repaired if you have an engine failure. It was the best $1200.00 I ever spent.It really depends on your budget and your abilites,stock edelbrocks dont flow anything more than ported 360 heads and need to be checked out by a machinist.Ive seen alot of edelbrocks in different makes and they were all finished inconsistently from port to port and needed valve jobs,they also flowed under advertised.Now there is no question you would have a good bit of money into a full ported set of cast iron heads but it should still be less than edelbrocks done right.If money is not a problem then buy a aluminum head thats already been worked or pay a shop to work them,if money is an object the best option in my opinion is to learn to port your own heads or find a local guy that can and then you will have the best of both worlds,cash in the pocket and a good set of heads.
It really depends on your budget and your abilites,stock edelbrocks dont flow anything more than ported 360 heads and need to be checked out by a machinist.Ive seen alot of edelbrocks in different makes and they were all finished inconsistently from port to port and needed valve jobs,they also flowed under advertised.Now there is no question you would have a good bit of money into a full ported set of cast iron heads but it should still be less than edelbrocks done right.If money is not a problem then buy a aluminum head thats already been worked or pay a shop to work them,if money is an object the best option in my opinion is to learn to port your own heads or find a local guy that can and then you will have the best of both worlds,cash in the pocket and a good set of heads.
I did not find any of these problems with the Eldelbrock heads. I took them to my machinist & had him inspect them & check for valve seal. All were ok. I'm very impressed with the out of the box performance. The only thing I changed was the valve springs to match my camshaft. As for the port finish, if you look down the carb opening to where the intake meets the head, you could not have ported these any closer. They match that well. I run a mild 360 combo (11.47 @ 116mph ) in a 3360 lbs street car. These are unported, out of the box heads. Just think what they will do when they are ported. Also, they can be repaired if you have an engine failure. It was the best $1200.00 I ever spent.
Undecided if i want to spend the money on aluminum heads. Weight is an obvious advantage with the aluminum. Just want to here some of your opinions of both and the pros and cons of both. Thanks Joe
I would reccomend contacting BJR for his professional opinion,hes a regular here-or used to be.Many here including me have talked with him and he is pretty sharp,I think crackedback has his website,maybe they will chime in as well.
Unless the classes you race specifically notes the head choice, or there is some moral imperative to run iron, it doesnt make sense, or dollars and sense, not to use them and build to take advantage of those.