360-1 Indy 245 cnc heads

Early 90's...I went to Indy's shop, was gonna buy some of the new Indy cyl heads for the BBM. This was the first time you could really buy an aluminum BBM head without undue suffering. I walked in the door with a blank check, and left with blank check....Russ was so abrasive I went from 'buyer' to 'get me outta here' in 10 minutes flat.

He bragged a lot about how the stock BB heads were junk, ports too small to make power. His heads had BB Chevy-like ports, much bigger. I was thinking to myself, "Gosh, I race those BBC guys every week and while they're making all the power, I'm out in front of them, winning with my lousy stock heads that I ported myself....."

Anyway, the point is a lot of guys back then were disappointed in the Indy heads. Guys who were used to the BBM's aggressive torque and power found they had a sluggish engine all of a sudden. This was later evidenced by the Indy SR head they brought out which had smaller ports.