[Will]

Originally Posted by HWYSTR455

Spring locators are a must, especially on aluminum heads, surprised they don't all come with them already installed.

I like the fact that there is a new kid on the block, maybe this will further pressure Edelbrock etc to make pricing more competitive. Still blows me away at the pricing disparity. Gouging is the only plausible comment on how pricing is set.

A bare chebbie SpeedMaster head is $280, $600 for an E-head. $730 for a Pontiac, and that's since the price drop. Let's hope they drop them more.


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Not disagreeing at all, just want to point out that "Made in America" costs more. Not a comment on quality or anything other than the fact it simply costs more to manufacture the very same product in this country as it would to make it in China. Of course, I'm not telling you anything you don't know, but there's no way E heads will ever be as cheap as Speedmasters as long as they're made where they are, and Chebby Es will always be cheaper than Pontiacs simply because of demand and market size.

Related to the OP: Thanks for sharing the results of your build. I think it's very helpful and cool to have this kind of information shared to the community and I hope that more people will share the results of their builds no matter what components were used or what the results were.

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Originally Posted by Will

Not disagreeing at all, just want to point out that "Made in America" costs more. Not a comment on quality or anything other than the fact it simply costs more to manufacture the very same product in this country as it would to make it in China. Of course, I'm not telling you anything you don't know, but there's no way E heads will ever be as cheap as Speedmasters as long as they're made where they are, and Chebby Es will always be cheaper than Pontiacs simply because of demand and market size.

Given that the R&D costs have been wrung out of these heads a long time ago and that they are run in batches when demand calls for it, there's no reason other than additional material (anyone know the weight difference between an SBC and Pontiac Edelbrock head?) or additional machining costs for the heads to be any different in cost than an SBC that they make other than they CAN charge it if people keep buying them.

Pontiac heads go for about $200 more than the equivalent SBC head, based on a quick look at Summit's website. If you keep paying it, they'll keep charging it. Unfortunately, our community is significantly smaller than the Chevy folks with limited options.

[Steve C.]

Regarding the information on the pkelley website concerning the valve timing overlap ranges that are most likely to work correctly linked in post 82.

One might question if those numbers suggested by David Vizard are significant for his work typically on a small block Chevy application.

Another tid bit....

How Much Valvespring Coil-Bind Clearance Is Safe?

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/how-...rance-is-safe/


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