nm9stheham
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OOS=Out of stock.... LOL (oops, there I go again)
whoop dee do another 300 cfm non offset rocker small block head
Imo, you won’t be able to touch a modified RPM style head, cfm for cfm, hardware for hardware, for what the TF’s are going to cost.
What does someone like Modern charge to CNC a set of SB RPM’s?
Hughes gets $1395 for one version of their full cnc porting, and $1480 for the Big Mouth version. That’s on top of the $1495 for the pair of heads.
And you haven’t upgraded the hardware yet.
The big spring, titanium retainer optioned TF heads will be about $2400/pr.
The TF BB heads aren’t earth shattering in terms of the actual heads themselves........ but in terms of “bang for the buck”, they are clearly on top.
I have no doubt the SB heads will follow in those footsteps.
What would be real interesting to me is, 12 months after the TF SB is available to consumers....... how sales numbers for that head vs the SBM Edelbrock Victor head compare.
I'm betting way more of the Trickflow heads will be sold because of related costs and most guys aren't interested in going as fast as the Edelbrock Victor is capable of. Victor heads take expensive rockers, new pistons, different intake, new or modified headers. And cost way more to begin with. I'm betting there sales are hurting so I would like to grab a set just in case they are discontinued.
I'm betting way more of the Trickflow heads will be sold because of related costs and most guys aren't interested in going as fast as the Edelbrock Victor is capable of. Victor heads take expensive rockers, new pistons, different intake, new or modified headers. And cost way more to begin with. I'm betting there sales are hurting so I would like to grab a set just in case they are discontinued.
Some of these last posts are exactly[/] why TF is coming out with the type of head they are.
Sure, they like coming out with a part that performs well, maybe even something that has a leg up on the competition .......but what they really like is...... selling heads.
Why did they make a Victor head? Because thank God some guys do want to go fast. I wish I could have gone with a small block in my heads up car but I already had to much tied up in my big block stuff. It’s a be-itch to work on and I don’t know if I will ever finish that car by myself. W8-W9 combos take to many tricks to get there and to high of maintenance at the rpm they run at. I would love to have a Ritter block, Victor headed, nitrous combo as it would be so much easier to work on than a big block squeezed in a stock front frame stock firewall set up.
Well, I truly believe that they didn’t need to alter the valve angle or send into production there so called W5 misdrilled pattern. Edelbrock didn’t need to do this for the Victor head. The could have easily kept the stock valve angle and properly drilled the exhaust holes and still have an excellent head.
The use of Big Block rocker arms aren’t a big deal. The use of Offset rockers are kind of the gimmie for a serious port so it is expected IMO. MoPar has done it since....
1976 when the W2 came out.
Valve angle change produces more cfm more horsepower by getting the 2.15 valve away from the cylinder wall. We can’t always stay with 50 year old technology if we want to close the gap on Chevy and Ford.