Trick Flow small block heads

PRH said
I think it’s kinda funny how after one test, that yielded underwhelming results, and now the sky is falling under the TF heads.

The RPM(and copycat) heads have been out for quite a while now, and there have been some pretty impressive motors built using them.
They are a known quantity, yet not every motor that uses them makes impressive numbers.

Would you let the poor results of those underachievers influence your decision on using RPM heads if those were what you felt were the right choice for the application?
Or, do you look at the poorer performing builds as just being less than optimum combinations......and that the lackluster power output isn’t the “fault” of the head.

I generally like to come to my own conclusions with this stuff....... so I’ll probably just continue to assume the TF’s would work just fine...... for the type of application I feel they’re suited towards.

I think that part of that is because TF has set such a high standard in the past, that we all expect it to work right out of the box this time. Fair or not, that is the way it is. They published flow numbers that SHOULD in most peoples mind produce better numbers. That was the case with Gray's, the big block TF heads responded well to proven set ups quite well, and they expected the same from the new heads. It is only one engine build, and it will get sorted out, just not as easily as maybe some of us hoped.