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Mohavvalley 04-18-2018 01:29 AM

Chineese aluminum heads
 
Found these on eBay for $500
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevy-396-4...25.m3641.l6368

Looks like they might coming from Steven performance cylinder head

How do they stack up to Brodix dragon Slayer 320 or engine quest $320?

Full Force 04-18-2018 04:40 AM

Get what ya pay for, some guys have had luck after completely changing them around, but to me after doing research with the lighter castings the seats can fall out, I would not do these heads on a marine engine.. or ever buy assembled for a marine engine...

getrdunn 04-18-2018 09:09 AM

Listen to ff. Forget you ever saw them.

compedgemarine 04-18-2018 08:51 PM

as bad as the spelling and grammar is I would be worried about their ability to read a mic when assembling them. but hey, they incoperate three angle valves for better midium lift!

KeatonAZ 04-18-2018 10:26 PM

if your not closed loop cooling then you should be adding that in...

what make you think these are Chinese?


Originally Posted by compedgemarine (Post 4622228)
as bad as the spelling and grammar is I would be worried about their ability to read a mic when assembling them. but hey, they incoperate three angle valves for better midium lift!

my guess is they took a set of head, put them in a prober then made them, the computer is doing all the work...

Young Performance 04-18-2018 10:58 PM

The biggest issue with the import heads is the material. Most all of your big name head companies (Brodix, Dart, AFR, etc.) all use virgin aluminum. The imports to not. Although aluminum can be recycled indefinitely, it appears that they can't control the alloy as well. So, the castings do not have the durability, corrosion protection, etc, that you get from a virgin head. I've torn into engines with Pro Comp heads that only had a few runs on them. The deck surface was already getting eaten up, and they had been only in fresh water. I refused to put them back on and we ended up replacing them.

As mentioned, you get what you pay for. If you are interested in Brodix heads, give me a shout. I'm WD with Brodix and pretty much only use their heads, unless the customer already has something else.
Eddie


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