Davis and Nick, Maybe Nick's price includes his port work. Thanks for the responses guys, Armand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davis Martin" <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Edelbrock Head rebate Nick, My machine shop said they can get the RPM heads, assembled, for 1200 for a set. Were they quoting me the wholesale price? I have heard the MC Bulltear has a CNC program getting 340 cfm @ 700 and over 300 cfm @ 600. Using a 2.1 valve ofcourse. out of the RPM heads. Great explination to Armand BTW! Davis ________________________________ From: Nick ALFANO <71amx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: amc list <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, March 25, 2010 7:38:32 PM Subject: [AMC-list] Edelbrock Head rebate Hi Armand, The RPM head fully assembled is right around $800 each. As for flow, my tests have all shown the Indy heads to out flow the Edelbrock heads by quite a bit when it comes to total cfm. Talking in flow is really subjective to the rest of the engine build like cam, compression, intake and so on. The Edelbrock heads have a nice port design and flow better than the cast iron head. With porting, the included valves can get into the 280 range max and can only handle up to a .580 lift cam. Changing the intake valve to a larger more efficient valve can net around 300 with proper porting. The Indy heads on the other hand out of the box outflow the Edelbrock heads which needs some porting to get the same numbers the Indy heads flow without porting. With port work to the Indy heads, we have gotten the SR head into the 340 cfm range on the intake and as high as 260 cfm on the exhaust. There are pros and cons for both including the differences from our factory cast iron head. First, look at the aluminum heads verses the cast iron. Both have a weight advantage over the cast iron heads in the range of 30 lbs less for each head taking about 60-65 lbs off of the front end. The aluminum also allows you to run more compression on lower grade fuel than the cast iron will. The design of the runners are also a factor. The same heat factor that makes the iron head a con for higher compression is also a pro when it comes to making hp power. Because the cast iron head retains and creates more heat in the combustion chamber, you will make a little more hp with the iron if every thing else is exactly the same. The hp difference can be made up in power gained by compression/cylinder pressure with the aluminum heads. All in all, each of them have their place when matched with the correct other components. Nick Alfano Performance 4849-76 st. Kenosha, WI. 53142 262-308-1302 262-942-8271 after 6pm central and weekends Message: 4 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:14:11 -0600 From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Edelbrock Head rebate Message-ID: <004801cac9f3$dadf8cc0$04fea8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Nick, What are the edelbrock heads selling at these days? I heard one fella saying that the edelbrock heads are flowing better than the Indy heads?? Do you agree? Does anyone agree with that?? Armand _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/201003 25/28cf6760/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 6:16 AM _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com