RE: 440 source heads

["Earl H. " <earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

My experience with heads tells me I would not run any aluminum after 
market heads out of the box. Eddy's are not race ready out of the box. 
My opinion from the two sets I have purchased is they are sloppy for the 
street. I bought a set of Bulldogs from Hughes that he said was prepped. 
They were terrible. The only set of heads I have ever gotten that checked 
out from a supplier was a set of Brodix I purchased from Reher & Morrison. 
They are the only supplier I paid for prep and got what I paid for. I would 
always be prepared to check seat height, valve length, stack height and 
coil bind, and guide clearance, open and closed pressures on every set you 
get. Especially guide clearance. You are not going to get a set of heads that 
are well sorted in the grand per head range. It is just not in the books. Good 
machine work cost, and it does not come for a grand per head. Just my humble 
opinion based on experance.

Earl


    I was looking at buying a pair but I don't like that they've removed the 
option to buy them unassembled for less. As much as good hardware costs, I 
am somewhat reluctant to run these right out of the box. I'd rather buy the 
bare heads and get my own valves/springs/retainers/etc.
    We can safely assume the castings are coming in a container from China. 
It's hard to know what manufacturer the other stuff is sourced from unless 
you get it yourself.
    That said, I would run Edelbrocks out of the box, as I've installed 
several sets of their heads without incident. The biggest appeal (to me) of 
the 440 source heads is they don't have angled plugs and I don't intend to 
switch from manifolds. All other specs are comparable with the Eddy's.
    No, I won't be painting mine, whatever I end up with.

Dave Casey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Palmason" <rpalmason@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: 440 source heads


>I would like to know more about them too, they look interesting. I
> spoke to a guy from 440 source at Carlisle, I believe he was the
> owner. Super nice guy. The heads were not at the show, but he was
> talking them up and excited about introducing them.  Said they would
> give you the advantages of a modern aluminum head, but close to stock
> look. Paint 'em orange or turquoise and run 'em.  That appeals to me.
>
> Rob Palmason
> Littleton, MA
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Chris Davis <pngkid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>  Has anyone looked at the 440 source heads. They are $899 plus $55 
>> shipping.
>> Look like a good deal. I haven't bought anything from them but have heard
>> good things.
>>
>>  Chris Davis
>>  Coker, ALabama
>>
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