Slant six head
So for a buck or two per valve are the Hughes valves better? I have a Hughes Stroker kit and am very happy with it. I would think for an extra 24.00 I would go with Hughes
well since Hughes rebrands everything as their own, I'd bet that you're buying the exact same valves I got, just with a higher price tag.
I know this is a slightly outdated example, (since these smallblock Magnum heads are currently not able to be had) but when I bought mine straight from EQ they were alot cheaper than buying them from Hughes. Without having them do any additional work to them besides how they come "out of the box". Only difference was Hughes called them "Iron Ram" heads. It was a well known fact that they were the exact same heads.
Now if the product Hughes sells is somehow a different product than what I got? I can't say for sure in this case. I know I got a well known name brand and not a private label rebrand. just like with brakes and other parts I get from places like Oreilly I never settle for the house brand because of the "unknown" factor. You know that Oreilly is just a reseller and they don't actually make anything, and I feel more comfortable with a known brand than someone's "house brand" if I know nothing more about theirs vs the name brand. It isn't about "only $24 more". and I don't remember exactly how much difference there was (I can look and see, if someone really wants to know the brand and price of what I got from Oregon Cams, I have the reciept stashed, from buying them) the figure i put up, was approximate/
now if you're buying other stuff from Hughes and it's more convenient to just tack them on your order while you're there, I get that, too. That was largely why I went ahead and got mine from Oregon because they had to ship me my reground cam back "anyways," at the time.
