Edelbrock LS1 Heads are listed.....
05-16-2005, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by BottleRocket
they have experience, but from MY experience, AFR made better heads when i was building Ford 302's. Edelbrocks are still an excellent piece and are damn sure going to be nicer then ported stock castings
we are talking about out of the box right?
edelbrock has great heads for the money but, sbc,sbf heads are a couple of notches below afr's stuff(HP) in the same class..they are cheaper though.
has anybody noticed edelbrock only lists 1 assembled head number?61969
how about the perimeter style valve covers?
05-16-2005, 10:04 AM
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nevermind, I just noticed that the pic is perimeter bolt (definitely not LS6 
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)if they're smart (and seeing edelbrocks past heads, they probly did think of this) they have BOTH styles in the head..... fitting perimeter bolt covers AND centerbolt covers.
just like alot of small block chevy heads do.
05-16-2005, 10:31 AM
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I have jobber pricing in my system but I dont think its right...
Until I get a conformation about pricing I cant give it out....
I believe this head will work very very well,I also believe Edlebrock will have LINGI cut up some cams to compliment them....The runner CC is 203 which will make broad TQ,I would bet they flow upwards of 290 and I wouldnt be suprised if they have LS6 style exhaust ports,has anyone seen the exhaust port on this head?
Until I get a conformation about pricing I cant give it out....
I believe this head will work very very well,I also believe Edlebrock will have LINGI cut up some cams to compliment them....The runner CC is 203 which will make broad TQ,I would bet they flow upwards of 290 and I wouldnt be suprised if they have LS6 style exhaust ports,has anyone seen the exhaust port on this head?
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05-16-2005, 11:00 AM
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Either way it's nice to see more vendors on the market....more vendors = more competition = reduced prices for all of us.
Heads are pretty epensive right now....especially the 243-casting heads (ls6 heads)
It's gonna take a few yrs for those prices to go down, but they finally will...That's just the nature of the market.
Heads are pretty epensive right now....especially the 243-casting heads (ls6 heads)
It's gonna take a few yrs for those prices to go down, but they finally will...That's just the nature of the market.
05-16-2005, 02:42 PM
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if they're smart (and seeing edelbrocks past heads, they probly did think of this) they have BOTH styles in the head..... fitting perimeter bolt covers AND centerbolt covers.
05-16-2005, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BottleRocket
yeah, im not saying Edelbrocks are inferior. they are still a badass head. Hell, I used them on every Windsor I built, Performer RPMs with stage 2 port/polish on mine. AFRs are GREAT heads, but for the dollar, ill take edelbrock
05-16-2005, 02:58 PM
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For the last 10 years AFR made a better street head. They flow good through the lift range, they made way more power. The edelbrocks were good pieces, but usually they were more conservative with sizing. Also, AFR really brought flow numbers into light. The thing is Edelbrock usually sells stuff as cast, and AFR is usually CNC ported to some degree. You cannot sand cast stuff and be as accurate as CNC porting. Still Edlebrock may come up with a really good head for the LS1.
Edit: I just read lingenfelter will be porting the heads. They may flow great.
Edit: I just read lingenfelter will be porting the heads. They may flow great.
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05-16-2005, 04:30 PM
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man these look like some pretty nice heads, I would like to know the price also. I also went to the Edelbrock website, I was going to try to email them or call them and see if I get more info on the heads, but I couldn't find an email address or phone #, did I miss it?
05-16-2005, 05:48 PM
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I don't think you missed it, they haven't listed it yet to my knowledge. I just hope the pricing is *fair*, not utterly outrageous as they have been in the past. I almost bought a pair for the bird then realized I have perimeter style heads and should probably invest in a set of conversion parts before I start modding. 
05-16-2005, 06:25 PM
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i hope the pricing is in line with their other heads, so 12-1500 that would be nice.
does anyone have any specs on these, are they going to have the thicker deck like the AFR and AllPro's?
just wondering
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does anyone have any specs on these, are they going to have the thicker deck like the AFR and AllPro's?
just wondering
thanks
ed
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05-16-2005, 07:14 PM
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I can't speak for the Edelbrock LS1 heads, but I have two friends who ordered Edelbrock heads for two different applications; 390 big block Ford and 408 (stroker) Mopar heads.
In the case of the 390 heads, they had excessive casting in the water jackets which caused bad overheating and just didn't perform as good as expected. The Mopar heads (which are for late models and just came out) were very rough looking and had to be hand ported to hit 286 cfm at .600 lift; in fact the finished numbers were almost identical to the PP 5.3 head flow numbers. Either way competition is good and hopefully will drop the prices down.
In the case of the 390 heads, they had excessive casting in the water jackets which caused bad overheating and just didn't perform as good as expected. The Mopar heads (which are for late models and just came out) were very rough looking and had to be hand ported to hit 286 cfm at .600 lift; in fact the finished numbers were almost identical to the PP 5.3 head flow numbers. Either way competition is good and hopefully will drop the prices down.
05-16-2005, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BottleRocket
they have experience, but from MY experience, AFR made better heads when i was building Ford 302's.
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05-16-2005, 09:13 PM
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I hope the price is fair AND I do have confidence that the combo of Edelbrock/Lingenfelter will be very good. I think the performance will not be the issue as much as the price.