Hey all,
Sorry took me a min to see the tag and jump in!
You would be surprised at the jump from a flat tappet cam and lifter setup, to a roller. Keep In mind also, as a performance company, I would much rather sell an aluminum headed engine, that starts an a nice clean aluminum casting, than reman anything. If we added a roller, iron headed engine, right in between the current 408's it would make the aluminum headed engine even more of a "no brainer" as the cost separation would be even less between the two. I know we mopar guys dont have a ton of choices out there, but at the same time we need to know a good value add when we see it too. I wouldn't intentionally put an iron head on anything at this point in the game. And since we are so far removed from a reman company, the cost savings vs reward just isnt there.
If you have never had a roller cam, it's one of those "will never go back" type upgrades. That new BPC4085CTCD engine is such a screamer compared to the LA engine it replaced.
I will gladly help ya with a little when the time comes to order on the aluminum headed engine. As far as the head castings and such. We buy the aluminum ones from edelbrock bare, and we then clean them up and assemble them in Nebraska our way, with our valves and contents. The iron ones, I will honestly have to look and see if those are OE castings or aftermarket. The iron headed engine is not a super popular engine, and i didnt help design it, so i dont have it memorized like i do my bpc4085.
I'm just on my phone right now, and will hop back on to read all the questions on PC in a bit.
Thanks for the callout and interest
