Best heads for a 400?

[petereggy]

What are the best heads to put onto a 400? also which would be the cheapest?

[petereggy]

or better yet which heads are better out of these no.12 no.13 62 72

or if you know of a different set thats good please tell me

[John Perry]

I hear that Hooker Super Competition Headers are Cheap as hell and sounds sweet. But u have to work to get them on, i heard they dont go on easy.

[petereggy]

heads as in cylinder heads not headers

[John Perry]

oh...i knew that ummm yeah

[Frozenblue**WS6]

Originally Posted by John Perry

I hear that Hooker Super Competition Headers are Cheap as hell and sounds sweet. But u have to work to get them on, i heard they dont go on easy.

in summit, Hooker Long Tube Headers (says "same great features as Hooker's legendary Super Competition headers") are $409.95.... so if that's cheap, then there you go....

then says "off-road Y pipes""$169.69" , what are OFF-ROAD PIPES? does that just mean no cats or something?


as far as cylinder head goes, i forgot your question...... i probably couldn't answer it anyway.... see if you could answer mine for me though...

[IthePeople]

dart heads, dart heads are the sickest heads around, there so tricked out they are illegal for professional racing, as for headers im biased because i love holly, so go with the holly!

[petereggy]

ok dart heads may be good but how much do they cost??

[IthePeople]

well i dunno how much USD it is, but my shop sells them for $1000 canadian for a pair of chevy style you would have to look around for a pontiac pair, remember u pay for what u get, go big or go home

[petereggy]

yah well edelbrock has their heads for chevys for 1000 can a pair but the pontiacs are like 2200 so i mean the price difference is huge

[IthePeople]

true pontiac is a much more expensive engine to build, but its the car you chose so you have to pay up if you want the power, edlebrock= shit
if you want extreme no bullshit last forever heads then u want dart, if not buy a pair of pontiac 6x heads and plain the shit out of them

[petereggy]

but this is why im askin what the best heads are if you look i have a list at the top and I am wondering what the best are out of them or if there is anther set of factory heads which are good

[IthePeople]

im currently running the pontiac 6x heads and i plained the down .040 and im getting about 10.5:1 compression with about 350-375 HP if your looking for that power go with the stock heads and modify them, u can also look for a pair of heads off a 300 pontiac and put them on your engine, that would also raise the power a huge amount

[petereggy]

well i got a 301 now and your saying to put those heads on a 400?

but what about the flow rates and all of that arnt the 301 heads crap?

so wouldnt buying a pair of 1970 heads be alot better?

[IthePeople]

yes, buying the heads off a 70 would be much better for your 400, you dont seem to want to put much money into the heads so just take the heads the 400 comes with and machine them down, do a 3 angle valve job and call it a day