Heads I cant win

T67POWER said
hey moper,(((WITH ALL DUE RESPECT)))
I was not doing a add for indy,in fact i have never even used anything from indy.
The machine shop has been around for ever under areohead racing and i have never really heard anything bad about them.
I have seen there add's for so long i can't remember and it looks like great parts for the money.
You said you used them on budget builds (more then one engine build )but you also said there not quaility and not ready to run????????????????????

If you truly build engines all the time ,why would you use a head from a place that does crap work,and then do it again???????
AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NOT READY TO RUN ANYWAY??????????
YOU SAID YOU ALSO SECOND MY SUGGESTION????

YOU HAVE :violent1: A WAY OF TALKING THAT I'M NOT SURE HOW TO TAKE :scratch:

WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE HEADS???????
YOU LEFT THAT PART OUT.

T, I apologize if you didn't understand it. Truthfully I find it hard to write in your unique style...lol. I have used Aerohead twice, and Indy a few times. The first time I used them was for a set of 452 big block heads, I think around 1990. They were new on the block and were getting coverage in magazines at the time. I was taken in by the hype and bought a set for a customer of mine. The shop I used at the time was owned by the guy who also was my tech school instructor. He looked at them when I brought one in and we disected the work. What we found was average quality parts with average quality machining. The surface finish is too rough for good gaskets but stock type stuff works fine. The seats were 3 angle cut with no lapping and were out of round by anywhere from .0002 to .010. Yes, that's ten thousanths out of round. It will seal eventually but it's crap work. Also, the seat depths were all over, which leads to geometry issues in Mopars. For $399 plus shipping at the time they were a good deal for the cash, but by no means what my mentor or me consider performance. In terms anyone can understand... You want to eat out. You choices are MacDonalds, Olive Garden, or Mario Batali's Babbo. In all three you get food and leave full. The costs are very different. Some get sick on Macdonalds, but for some it's the only eating out they can afford. I expect cheaper stuff to need work to get to what I use for standards. However Indy heads have the same issues, only you can add the guides being too tight, and remove the surface finish. Otherwise, good product, poor execution. Now, all this being said.... You read an ad and accepted it at face value. It's cool to recommend a place strongly if you have a history with them. But as I understood your post.. it sounded like you've had great results from them. Hence the "add" comment of mine. The difference between hype and fact is always experience.