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Originally Posted by PONTIAC DUDE
Actually it is a REPLACEMENT head for the old 70's RA IV heads. Cost for cast iron RAIV's was exceeding $2000 back used then and Edelbrock saw a market for their $1400 ALUMINUM heads at that time.
Getting over 400cfm out of a 40 year old replacement design now is awesome. The CV-1's are a new High Performance concept right out of the box same as the Tiger and KRE high port concept. 
So shouldn't the comparison be to those rather then the LOWLY Edelbrock heads? |
They should compare better than a typical Butler wideport that was common around 2008. Maybe you been out of the loop or maybe too much bad goin on for you Ken... Heres a fair dyno comparison of CV1 vs Wideport...
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=729980 Track testing is planned for later this year unless Dick has a surprise for all of us at Norwalk. My hunch is Dicks track testing will back up the dyno tests...
IIRC the CV1 was intended to be an alternative to a wideport E head. It pretty much was starting where the wideport was starting to level out and harder to get gains.
With your hydraulic roller cam testing.... I dont think
typical out of box Butler type wideport available
then would have done any better than your cv1 tests... You went with lesser flowing heads better suited to your cam preference and picked up... obviously combo matters. We have learned alot more since then havent we?
Charlie Sikes screwed you Ken. NOT Jim or Bill or Calvin. Had Charlie been capable of delivering you a head close to his broken promise, things would have gone much better for you. By screwing you Charlie screwed the cv program.
Personally I think its long overdue for you and Jim to reset your situation somehow.
You both got screwed in that deal and need to remind yourself who's eye you should be pokin' .
PS hope you and Karen are getting ahead of the health setbacks.