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awesome :)

They look really nice on the finish. KUI

Tom Vaught

Wow, a truck load of aluminum RAV heads...who would have ever guessed they would see this? Congratulations!

Ya know Lynn, I only need one head!!!!!! Have never heard of it being done before. That would be something!! A bored & stroked Tempest 4 cyl with a V head on it!!! Can't even think what it would sound like!!!!

Looking good. We thank you for your efforts.

Are all those spoken for?

Jim

some people BELIEVED and payed for them in advance!Tom

The A/C pump mount lugs kinda give me a chuckle :)

Nice to see more life into the old Indian brand

wow... that's looking good!

What are the exhaust manifold/header options going to be? Any chance RARE makes a factory stock style?

Kip

I think exhaust will be out,what would you build first?First gen?2nd gen?GTO.Too many options and VERY expensize to tool up for all.JMHO,Tom

1963 Tempest....LOL. :D

That would be awsome!!

You should have been picking them up in a Pontiac powerd '50s GMC truck not a Dodge!?! :noidea:

Anyways, I'm glad to see you are doing good with the "V" stuff. I can't wait till someday I can afford a set.

Nate

Look good Lynn thanks

Call me sometime this week Lynn, I am off for the week on Holiday.

Tom Vaught

Way cool!
Guess i better start save'n up.

congrats, that is an impressive dodge full of goodies!

Sure are Purty!!!

who would have thought in 1978 when they stopped making the true pontiac 400 that we would see this down the road?new blocks,forged cranks we can afford,forged rods,now these heads,just keeps getting better.

wonder what other new things are waiting in the wings?

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Things are rolling out pretty quickly

Not Yet! But I am sure they will go quick.

Lynn

And Tom it is so much appreciated as you guys are true partners. We have revised many things based on good ideas from the Pontiac community.

My brother raced his 1970 Lucerne Blue TA against a Pontiac GS-X, and forgot to turn the air off, beat it so bad the guy couldnt believe it. He swore it wasnt stock wanted to see under the hood and it was idling about 600 rpm with the AC pump doing cold air. He was so pissed he stopped out of there. What can we say? Pontiacs are loaded cars not their "cheaper" Chebby counterpart.

Awsome the pontiac community is happy to know that we have people still out there that have not given up. Bottom line all we want is the opportunity to be able to compete nothing against the other brands it just puts the competition at an even level. I have a trip to San Antonio, Tx coming up on friday of this week and I will swing by T-P Automotive who is own by Barney Moravits he is a pontiac man I believe some of you know who I am talking about. I will let him know, about the heads. I like talking to him and when he gets on a roll he always mentiones the trips he made with his car him and his brother Billy Joe out to California. He will talk about the McCarty's and the Peterson's. I still build my pontiacs around his advise great person. Awsome sorry for the long post.

awesome!

It's an exciting time to be a Pontiac Man, thanks to people like Lynn, The Kauffmans, The Butlers, P-Dude, All Pontiac, B-O-P, Performance Years and others! I thank you for your vision, dedication, and drive for bringing new and improved parts to our market place!:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

so what about some MT hemi heads or a set of those 3 valve OHC heads whose takin orders on sets of those?

Ooooooh....soooooo purtyyyyyyyy...::drool::

Um.... anyone wanna buy some Dude built and seriously ported #48's and Hyd Roller set up so I can buy some of these?

Lynn, I'm still interested, glad to see their coming along.

Gordon

How much for a fully assembled set for a street strip 461?

I said I will build them if I sell 10 sets upfront, but have yet to have anyone put up the money.

Lynn

Lynn,if you have time why dont you stick a broom up your butt a sweep the floor!JEEZZZ,forget ANYTHING else untill you get all the V intakes,heads and MAYBE exhaust done!LOL,Tom

Agree on the 5 heads. Man this is a cool project.

Some people don't have extra money though as much as they would LOVE a set :( but can hopefully scrape it together in the future for them :D

Bored out of my mind Tom. I am used to doing at least 20 times this much work. I am going up to Michigan tomorrow to help address a Selenium discharge issue for a public utility. Still bored.

All my floors are clean! Hey I just got a picture sent to my of my high school sweetheart want to see? We used to go out in the 67 GTO!

Lynn, you will do other heads?
What about the Holy Grail for Pontiac heads that we never got to see finished, the 427 SOHC Hemi Pontiac.
Huge undertaking I know. But what if someone made a head like it that would bolt onto a MR1 or IA2. Just plug off the cam bearings.
That engine was the basis for the Ford Mod engines and they have went faster than any Pontiac. Our head would be larger so it could make more power.
Back to the RAV heads, do you have a single 4 4500 intake for them. And could I buy a set of RAV heads and intake that would work on a standard IA2 block. Thinking of a big pump gas 525. And what kind of rockers do they take, standard Pontiac? and is a stud girdle going to be available.
Is 900HP on pump gas with no port work a realistic goal with these heads?

A street set is $3199 fully assembled. A street/strip really depends on a lot of variables. It truly depends on how radical and how much driven on the street.

Call me you wouldnt believe this answer if I put it in writing.

Yes our single 4 will fit a 4150 or a 4500. It is single plane and equal intake runner lengths. It is way cool. Go to my facebook page for pictures of the model. It looks very close to the Ford Tunnelport intake.

Standard Pontiac stud mounted rockers 1.65 ratio is standard for our heads. (trying to make them as "bolt on" as possible).

900HP is possible, but it depends on what drive-ability you desire. Tony @ BES tells me that after about 850HP you start losing drivability as it takes bigger cams, springs.....etc. Now if you are talking on of my Turbo crate motors, then now we are talking some big HP number with good drive-ability :D

Amazing...
Will you be geared-up to produce these things fast enough to keep up with the demand?:D

Awesome heads Lynn, Im glad you got them done. Id love to buy a set now but got hit hard this year at work.

I think this is what Lynns intake will look like.Tom

Nice,
If I can't get the dual low rise I think I could live with that.
Probably perform better anyway.

The 2-4 will make 25-30 HP more than the single 4.Tom

AWESOME!!! :O !!!

Jack,

This so, but that depends on the demand. Sold just a few sets so far.

Great picture Tom!

Ho,

That intake will accept a 1200 Dominator or we are also offering up to a 2000 CFM fuel injection set up. They start at $2499 for the base set up.(smaller cfm)

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