My Bargain $50 Heads!

[Coley]

Originally Posted by leftybass209

I'm certainly happy with my crate heads. I had them planed and had the valves back cut 30 degrees and hardened the seats for our lovely modern gas. I followed a magazine guide that flogged the crate for all its worth. For people dog on these heads, or anything on these trucks in general, I usually find something on their vehicles that's less than favorable and point it out. That usually takes care of the "I know what's best for your truck" syndrome.

Yeah, I know what you mean....my buddies and me always call those guys who poop on everything 'the half empty gang'....lol.
Not too many on this website....a few, but not too many.
Its great when people weigh in with stuff that helps you out rather than shuts you down and again....that is not most of my experience here and most of the guys have always been very helpful (including Mechanicalman, Grx, to name a few)
You really open up a world of opinion tho' when you post stuff regarding the old school sbc parts....like heads or really anything in comparison to the new LS based technology.
I'm keeping this light and breezy tho'...these heads cost less than an inexpensive dinner and if they make 70hp less hp than the $1200 aluminum heads....I think I can live through that without serious blood loss or infection or even extended sadness....lol. Particularly given the fact that 90% of the time these trucks, including the high performance ones, are probably only using 80-100hp for most of their 'day cycle' events. Always good to keep in mind when prioritizing the start and finish points of performance vs. transportation needs.
Don't get me wrong, I like the performance stuff....but I'm also a die hard realist as to the way I drive and where I drive and I'm just not putting my foot into it enough to warrant an extra $5000 worth of motor I guess.
All Good!!
Coley