gardnerjamesw
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Anyone running their monster max wedge fully CNC Victor heads? Just curious on HP and ET...
HUG 77949K-S3 (Hughes Engines)
HUG 77949K-S3 (Hughes Engines)
Hughes heads?
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cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
Not me but they are not Hughes heads they are Edelbrock heads which might get you more responses .
gardnerjamesw
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Sure... I guess I could have worded that a little better!
cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
Hughes has a real love em or hate em rep around here , I personally have no opinion on them but you will catch more flies with honey eh .
64physhy
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I have some EQ Magrnum iron heads that were ported by Hughes. They did a great job, but I could have gotten just as good of work done elsewhere, like Brian at IMM, for a lot less $$. Get a set of bare heads and have them ported somewhere else. Hughes does good work, in my experience, but they are mighty proud of their work.
Victor heads can make a lot of power but they do have some weird quirks to them so you might want to do some research before you buy them. It all depends on how much power you are trying to make, other other parts you have on hand and how big your budget is. I'm not a huge fan of the Victor heads but some people have had good luck with them. I run Indy EZ heads on my 514 and it makes good power so I just stick with it but lots of guys don't like Indy either so I guess it boils down to who or what you like.
famous bob
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Andy, what don`t u like about the victor style heads ? I`m talking big block.-----My biggest gripe w/ the procomps are the ends aren't machined off, making them huge and fairly heavy for an alum. head. Mine (cnc) flow pretty darn good.
The heads have great flow up past 0.800 lift but Edelbrock put a short valve in there so the installed height is too short to run a good spring. The pushrod clearance was also poorly designed and the heads are super heavy with all of the extra material on the intake side. My conclusion after working with them was that they were a great idea but poorly executed. Someone at Edelbrock just didn't take the time to make the design really great. It wouldn't take much, some longer valves, maybe relocating the rockers a little bit, a few extra minutes on the CNC hogging away unnecessary material, etc.
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I'm curious what power level you plan to make? AndyF brings up some good points. YOu may not need, nor want a Victor head. I was going to run Victors and ended up with ported RPM heads. Saved a bunch of cash too. But I'm only looking to be in the low to mid 600hp range.
famous bob
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Already running the victor knock offs, haven`t got it broke in yet, still refining little things. (7yr build) I can tell u that what little I`ve played w/ it, it has me greatly anticipating a dragstrip run, it really wants to get w/ the program when the converter locks up. Haven`t had it over 5000 rpm yet. A t this point I just want it to stay together, getting too old for hard line mechanix. feels like it`s going to have an unbelievable top end.
gardnerjamesw
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GREAT INFO! I really appreciate it. I'm really trying to get the motor in the low 700's I know the best head is probably the Indy 440-1 but just don't feel like spending the $4,500 or whatever it is... given all the info here I think ill end up with the trick flow 270's
Trick Flow 270 heads will easily make 700 hp. Here is a video from the dyno session when I ran my pump gas 470 with the 270 heads. We made right at 750 hp and that was with a standard port intake. With a good max wedge intake this engine will probably make 770 or 780 hp. This engine is being run on premium pump gas so drive to the gas station fill up and drive it to the track and run 9's. Dyno Day: Trick Flow 270 Mopar Heads - Hot Rod Network
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