Edelbrock heads

Edelbrock heads

My point was this:

Don't avoid buying Edelbrocks because of Internet rumors. AKA Edelbrock is not a company that has quality control issues.

You obviously do a visual inspection of a part before you install it. If you have to pay a machinist to see that a valve lock is missing, or a spring is messed up, you shouldn't be R&Ring cylinder heads. As far as the guides being tight goes, I expect the reason is that Edelbrock has a different tolerance than you do. Whether that's good or bad is probably for you and Edelbrock to argue about. LOL!

I should have explicitly stated that one of the reasons I like the Iron Rams was because the machinist inspection/labor was included in the initial price of the heads. Also, since they're built-to-order, you can get all kinds of crazy options straight from the get-go.

If you're really going to "do it right" with the Edelbrocks, you're going to buy a bare set and get good springs, valves, valve job, combustion chamber volume etc. all set up by the pros anyway.

Steve

moper said
So watching the needle of the runout gage when checking the concentricity of the seats is simple gimickery for cash? And they set it up so the seat cutter they use only hit one side fot he seat initially? Interesting concept. I fell for it...lol. (and yes, years ago I said "that's BS... show me")
I do agree the failure rate is low. But in terms of business, yes, a business accepts that some of the product will have such issues. In other RPM heads I've found: a single spring with no dampener (spring was defective, but got installed on the assembly line anyway). A retainer with only one lock on it (catastrophic failure imminent if not caught during inspection). At least 3 of 8 exh guides that I measure on every set have less than .0003" clearance. Yes, that's 3 thenths of a thou and the norm is .0005-.001 clearance on exh guide to valve stem. I've used 5 sets of RPMs I unboxed. All 5 had seat and guide issues. We don't have to accept the issues. We can shop elsewhere or deal with it. The Hughes heads as sold... ARE ALREADY CORRECTED. They are sold to Hughes as bare castings and Hughes does the work.