Really cheap aluminum bare head? Any good?

DrCharles said
Yes, I'm well aware of the assembled Stealths for $500 each, but I hate paying for springs and locks that are just going straight in the trash, and the valve job may have to be redone or at least checked.

Well, I can't do my own heads other than disassembly/reassembly. In fact I was planning for you to do them once I ever get the cash in hand :) We talked about it a while back and my plan then was to have 440source drop-ship a pair of Stealths to you for service prep and basic porting...

To work without making a lot of other changes to my setup, I need a straight-plug, closed-chamber head with the exhaust ports in the stock position... that pretty much leaves Stealths unless TF is now making a straight-plug version?

The last set of 440 Source heads that we blueprinted cost $700. $1,000 for the heads, $700 for blueprint, and add to that shipping and you're only a couple of hundred bucks from Trick Flow heads. To get the Stealth head to flow better'n the Trick Flow would cost $1,700. It just doesn't make sense/cents to not go Trick Flow.

Plus, we're not taking any new work now. Heck, Cody's art work with big game skulls he makes from exhaust tubing will be on display at the International Sportsman's Expo this spring. Lot of work needs to be done to be ready for that.