[PAUL K]

I feel the hobby is changing. It's hardcore folks that have been doing this for several decades grew up learning casting numbers, we studied H-O Racing's and Pete McCarthy's books. One needed to know casting numbers to improve their performance. Nowadays enthusiasts go to Butler's website or KRE's. They're more concerned about d-port or round ports. I also feel this will limit the market for heads with casting numbers.


We made our first pair of "stealth" heads around 1998. I believe they were the first "wide-port" heads also.

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by PAUL K

I feel the hobby is changing. It's hardcore folks that have been doing this for several decades grew up learning casting numbers, we studied H-O Racing's and Pete McCarthy's books. One needed to know casting numbers to improve their performance. Nowadays enthusiasts go to Butler's website or KRE's. They're more concerned about d-port or round ports. I also feel this will limit the market for heads with casting numbers.


We made our first pair of "stealth" heads around 1998. I believe they were the first "wide-port" heads also.

We're all getting old. Dad has been a Pontiac nut since he bought his 69 goat new and I followed suit. We made hp back then up through the 80's and 90's with factory castings until Eddy round ports came out.

Yeah I'd rather have the real deal too but I'm not paying $4000 for a set of heads that will cost me $1500-$2000 to make them usable only to have a head that flows what, 230 cfm?
I don't need real heads that badly.
I'll gladly fork over what will likely be $3000-$3500 for DCI, if cheaper even better, and have a head that looks close enough, closest I've seen to date, and flow 300+cfm.
Yeah I would guess this may drive prices down on the iron stuff or at least make them a harder sale to all but the numbers guys that absolutely need them.