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I need some advice please (re: Roush 200 cyl. heads)

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jerry S

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the shop doing my car has proposed dumping my engine in a hot tank and rebuiling it back up. Since my car is just for street, they suggest regrinding the stock crank and installing long rods, new F/T pistons, and Roush 200 cylinder heads. While researching these heads, I came across Flatlander Racing in NH and gave them a call. Their bottom line is that these are the worst heads ever and they don't carry them anymore. I called back my shop and said that I hadn't heard the best things about these and could they please tell me more. They said that out of the box, thesearen't the best but that they were planning to port and polish them to their own exacting specs and that with this extra work, the heads would be the best bang for the buck. I have no where to go here in Europe to find out about this and so I come to the brain trust here for your advice and guidance. Can somebody tell me about these heads?


regards from the NL where it won't stop raining,

jS
 

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If it was my car I would go with some trick flow street heat head or AFR 185's. These are the two best heads out of the box. I have also heard that the roush heads need alot of cleaning up before they can be put on.
 
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I know that originally the Roush 200s had big problems on the exhaust side. They are/were simply not in the same class as AFRs, TFS, even aluminum GT-40s. IIRC the problem was not just a burr in the exhaust that could be ported away, but something was misaligned. The price is right, the performance is not. Even when it's done, you still have an iron head, and the money to fix the problem would send you up in the aluminum head range.
 

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Here we go. I have the Edelbrock RPM's on my 289 (heck, I even out ran them - inside joke guys, inside joke) and the quality of the heads and the increase in power surprised me so why go with a head that may have a few question marks?

Do the research and decide what you want, not what someone else might suggest. If you make the decision, you only have yourself to blame if things do not work out to your satisfaction.

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