I think there an excellent street head in a normal car, really good for hot rods as well. While there ultimate cfm flow isn’t super high, they can be a very good head.
I figured you would have some valuable input on the W series heads.
I'd definitely like to learn more about them too
I tried a BIG setup and made paltry 581 HP @417ci with them. IIRC IQ52 made 600+HP with the RHS's--I could never get there. J.Rob
There is a lot of info out there and a lot of bad info. Basically, if you want to buy a new W head the 9 and the 2 are still available. W8 is regarded as the best of all the W series with a thicker deck than the others among other things. But you will have to pay big bucks to get a set of 8's. Pretty much all of the W heads are meant to be ported for them to work except the W2. All of the W series use an offset intake rocker so the port opening can be bigger. All of the W series uses their own unique intake and exhaust. So if you invest in W2's (which are a great head by the way) with W2 intake, rockers, headers and you decide I want to move up to W9's you will need to buy all that stuff all over again. The cool thing about W heads is that they are factory designed which means the combustion chambers are light years better than any of the Edelbrock, Speedmaster, Pro Comp, whatever cheap head out there. W7,8,9 are 48 degree heads and can't be put on a 59 degree block (without being modified anyways). Also W8 and 9 have extra head bolts which are great for power adder motors looking for big power.
**** thats funny......
No reason to learn more about them if your still stuck on being a unicorn and insistent on breaking/ruining the engine with a stock block. Big boy heads require big boy blocks.
The P7 head is a pretty badass piece but if i'm being honest it hasn't really caught on as of yet BUT Kent Ritter does have one of his blocks designed to run the P7 head in case anyone wants to go there.
I think it's a good head if you can get them for a deal, but I don't think you'll make over 500 without some work on them. Brian's might do it since he works them. Does he even sell them anymore though? I bought a bare set for $400 a few years ago, so I really like them!
I don't understand why you are being so antagonistic towards me, I haven't been rude or disrespectful to you or anyone here. I'm not trying to be a unicorn, there's just an abundance of evidence to suggest that my well prepped stock block will be fine as long as I'm running a fairly conservative tune. So I figure why not research appropriate parts to achieve max power levels?
Max power levels with a W8 or W9 style head will break that engine......period......NOBODY DOES WHAT YOU SEEM TO WANT TO TRY.....PERIOD!!!!!!
Please accept my apologies......what I meant to say is everyone else that has tried to achieve MAX POWER with W8/W9 heads on a stock block have failed and learned thier lesson.....BUT YOU........you sir you can do it!!!!! Again i'm very sorry.....
Listen I get it....you want the most bang for your buck and you have a nicely built stroker short block.....but your question is wrong.....you need to instead ask what heads would you guys recommend for my OE stroker short block that I can enjoy and race and it will have a good chance of living.
Hey J.Rob,
Yeah and if there was a taker you'd still wind up making about $20/hr. LOL J.Rob
Hah! Yeah, I wonder why we, Cody and I, quit doing engines?
