Maybe we can get a 'Like' button?matcox83":1b9h4lgh said:I know of a foundry that states they made between 140-150 castings for Mike. My intention is to bring the head back to the market for those of us that never got the chance to buy one.
Go for it.I've been thinking about creating a Registry Page here for the AL heads. What do ya think? Might be a good way to keep track of what's been done to them as they change hands (and paperwork goes missing and specs get forgotten).
- Perry
I bought my FSPP aluminum head and intake manifold, off eBay back in 2012 from a guy in a rock band. It was installed on a nearly stock 250. He said the engine was using lots of oil, so he removed the engine and replaced it with a SBF. I paid $1100 for the head and intake. The valve seals were installed incorrectly, but the combustion chambers weren't too caked up. I had the head pressure tested, and checked for cracks, it was OK. I didn't see any serial number on it, anywhere. I talked to Mike, and he was interested in buying it, but I ended up selling it to an Asian guy for $1400. He was building a sports car from scratch. I almost bought another head from McClearran performance after Mike passed away. One thing about the design of the head was that I didn't like how thin the aluminum was under the valve spring pad for doing any cutting. It would have been nice if Edelbrock would have cast a decent aluminum head for the small Ford 6. The Edelbrock AMC Jeep aluminum head is a nice piece, and saves about 30 lbs over the stock cast iron unit.I know mine was one of the pre production heads because I did the drag tests for Mike. Where is the seriel number? Never noticed it on mine.
Any luck on the registry? I checked my head and it's number 026.If anyone has one that they are willing to part with... PM me.
Will get to work on that registry thing.
I have # 009 that fully ported . I'm kind of worried about the running after I install it as the thing is only 46 cc in the chambers.Any luck on the registry? I checked my head and it's number 026.