Racingjunk Forums
Page 5 of 7
« First
3
4
5
6
7
Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

Racingjunk Forums (https://www.racingjunk.com/forums/index.php)
-   General Discussion (https://www.racingjunk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=7)
-   -   OMG I cant believe this head failure????what kind is this??? (https://www.racingjunk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25652)

signsbyesa 09-11-2009 09:38 PM
i know that edlebrock has a plant to cast their own heads, but
the metal is coming from china, and thats where the problem
starts, its not as pure as the stuff that you would get from the
now closed pittsburg steel plant that china put out of business 8)

OneBadGMC 09-11-2009 11:45 PM
Originally Posted by zipper06
There are really a lot more Chinese casting out there than people are willing to admit. I don't know who made the casting that started this thread, but not many of the head maufacturers have stepped up to the plate on improving their castings. I mean look at it this way, some people are running well over 300lbs spring pressure and .900 lift, this was unheard of a few yrs. ago, that head looks like it could have been cast with the same cores that a steel head would have been cast with, with steel being 200% or more stonger than alum. Plus alum mat'l cost 3 times more than steel, so they are trying to save money on the casting. Even the Chinese castings would be good if they would simply reduce the core size and build the deck and top side thicker. It's the almighty dollar savings, and hoping that no one will run the high spring pressures and the tall lift cams. If i had my way all the alum heads i run would be solid, but i run alcohol and don't have a cooling problem.

JMO

Zip.
How many Dart heads have you ever heard of pulling the entire top of the head out around the stud??? I've not ever seen one. How about a Brodix?

Tod74 09-12-2009 12:08 AM
I like to keep my stuff neat. BUT taking a turd and putting someone on the trailer that has a high dollar paint job and such would be sorta fun too....like that FARM TRUCK with the dog in the front seat. :D That's just cool. NOT MY choice of a race car but it's still pretty cool.

MEMRACING62 09-12-2009 08:28 AM
Originally Posted by bjuice
Originally Posted by cepx111
Dam Brian, that car is wicked.

I just made it my desktop back ground on the computer here at work.

thanks a Bunch !!!...heres another Picture of the car in my shop with the hood on it....i took it with a cell phone its a little grainy but you can still make it out.


http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/o...5160922341.jpg
I have the pic of this car sitting in the pits as mine, I have been asked if it was mine . but have to say no :cry: :cry:

zipper06 09-12-2009 08:30 AM
Originally Posted by OneBadGMC
Originally Posted by zipper06
There are really a lot more Chinese casting out there than people are willing to admit. I don't know who made the casting that started this thread, but not many of the head maufacturers have stepped up to the plate on improving their castings. I mean look at it this way, some people are running well over 300lbs spring pressure and .900 lift, this was unheard of a few yrs. ago, that head looks like it could have been cast with the same cores that a steel head would have been cast with, with steel being 200% or more stonger than alum. Plus alum mat'l cost 3 times more than steel, so they are trying to save money on the casting. Even the Chinese castings would be good if they would simply reduce the core size and build the deck and top side thicker. It's the almighty dollar savings, and hoping that no one will run the high spring pressures and the tall lift cams. If i had my way all the alum heads i run would be solid, but i run alcohol and don't have a cooling problem.

JMO

Zip.
How many Dart heads have you ever heard of pulling the entire top of the head out around the stud??? I've not ever seen one. How about a Brodix?
I personally haven't seen either one break in that manner, and i hope i never do, since i have 3 sets of Brodix (sm/blk) 1 set with PSI 300lbs springs on the seats and .734 lift, and building a 496" customer mtr. with Darts.

Zip.

bjuice 09-12-2009 01:59 PM
Originally Posted by MEMRACING62
Originally Posted by bjuice
Originally Posted by cepx111
Dam Brian, that car is wicked.

I just made it my desktop back ground on the computer here at work.

thanks a Bunch !!!...heres another Picture of the car in my shop with the hood on it....i took it with a cell phone its a little grainy but you can still make it out.


http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/o...5160922341.jpg
I have the pic of this car sitting in the pits as mine, I have been asked if it was mine . but have to say no :cry: :cry:

Thats Ok...Memracing62...you can tell a Fish Story and tell them a Guy in S.C. IS storing it for you...lol

FullTimeRacing 09-12-2009 04:56 PM
this is two years ago

do it look better this way




http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1714/img0125zb.jpg

Tod74 09-12-2009 05:29 PM
Originally Posted by bjuice
Originally Posted by MEMRACING62
Originally Posted by bjuice
Originally Posted by cepx111
Dam Brian, that car is wicked.

I just made it my desktop back ground on the computer here at work.

thanks a Bunch !!!...heres another Picture of the car in my shop with the hood on it....i took it with a cell phone its a little grainy but you can still make it out.


http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/o...5160922341.jpg
I have the pic of this car sitting in the pits as mine, I have been asked if it was mine . but have to say no :cry: :cry:

Thats Ok...Memracing62...you can tell a Fish Story and tell them a Guy in S.C. IS storing it for you...lol
I would say something like

"A guy I know owns that car....I help him on it all I can, but he lives in South Carolina now. I can't afford to take off work to go down there though..So It's sitting right now. He may run it some next year."

Technically there isn't any bold face lies in that statement. It takes longer to say all that than it does for it to go down the track, so it would be sitting by the time I got done saying it.

MEMRACING62 09-12-2009 05:45 PM
Originally Posted by Tod74
Originally Posted by bjuice
Originally Posted by MEMRACING62
Originally Posted by bjuice
Originally Posted by cepx111
Dam Brian, that car is wicked.

I just made it my desktop back ground on the computer here at work.

thanks a Bunch !!!...heres another Picture of the car in my shop with the hood on it....i took it with a cell phone its a little grainy but you can still make it out.


http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/o...5160922341.jpg
I have the pic of this car sitting in the pits as mine, I have been asked if it was mine . but have to say no :cry: :cry:

Thats Ok...Memracing62...you can tell a Fish Story and tell them a Guy in S.C. IS storing it for you...lol
I would say something like

"A guy I know owns that car....I help him on it all I can, but he lives in South Carolina now. I can't afford to take off work to go down there though..So It's sitting right now. He may run it some next year."

Technically there isn't any bold face lies in that statement. It takes longer to say all that than it does for it to go down the track, so it would be sitting by the time I got done saying it.
hmm..... that could work. orrrrr... I could say I built it and a guy in sc saw it and made me am offer I couldn't refuse so I sold it. Time to put on the boots , the bs is gittin deep here :lol: :lol: '

bjuice 09-12-2009 07:20 PM
don't forget to mention it has a Corvette Engine also !


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:23 PM.
Page 5 of 7
« First
3
4
5
6
7
Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page