How come W2 heads aren't made by all

I think another point that has not been discussed here is porting. W2/W5/W8 etc. heads work best when ported. Sure, you can use them OOTB but Mopar realizes that people are going to port them for maximum efficiency and power.

So let's say now that you are company wanting to produce a set of W2 style heads since it is in fact a proven design. How do you go about that? Do you design them to flow like ported heads? How much would you charge for that? Ain't gonna be cheap! (see Indy) Or do you sell a set of heads that need to be ported to work best? How do you charge for that? (see Indy) Kind of a conundrum, eh?

The factory has a ton of R & D into their performance program which unfortunately gets passed on to the customer. Plus, it's really kind of a niche market and an extremely small one at that, even beyond their regular consumers. So yeah, it makes very little financial sense to pursue this kind of stuff in this economic climate without a decent return on your investment. That's probably why Mopar is so tight about copyrights and licensing and why they charge premium prices. It is too bad though that they don't make better choices like bringing back the 576 iron heads or even the W5s. Bet they'd sell a bunch.

I can't imagine a little company trying to develop a set of heads like that on small scale, you'd have to sell a ton of parts to get a return on your investment. Doubt any small business has the resources to make that work. Turns out that the big companies don't have the resources either, at least at this point in time.

But like what was said above, if you slap a Blue Oval or Bowtie on it you can likely expect a larger return due to basic laws of supply and demand. :angry3: