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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 12:56 PM
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What runner sizes are you plannin on having availible on the CNC programs for this head. As I said ealier in this thread, they have alot of potential
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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Whats the word on these?
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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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Whats the word on these?

We are currently tweaking the runner designs. We are looking at a release sometime in March/April.
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Old Aug 11, 2007 | 02:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunnar@Patriot
We are currently tweaking the runner designs. We are looking at a release sometime in March/April.
I didnt realize how long these have been in develoment. I heard there suppost to been done soon.
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We are working on these as we speak. We are hoping to have heads ready in the near future.
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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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Interesting, any prelim flow numbers yet?
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We will be releasing flow numbers when we finish our final programs.
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After this much time, they'll have to be AMAZING. Otherwise they'll be obsolete since big cube motors are the newest trend.
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 05:14 PM
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Ive been up there a few times and believe me the castings arent on the backburner by no means.
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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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After this much time, they'll have to be AMAZING. Otherwise they'll be obsolete since big cube motors are the newest trend.
I plan to run these heads on the 408 that I'm building. I don't think that they will be obsolete in any manner. Also, the folks at Patriot are planning on several runner sizes as well as other unique features like customer selectable combustion chamber size and optimization for your bore. This sounds like cutting edge technology to me.

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Old Aug 14, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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I don't see that anywhere. I must've missed that, because it sounds like a great selling point. I'd think that Patriot would make that more common knowledge if they are anywhere close to having them finished. Not trying to down them. They are very exciting heads from a good company. But come on... after 2 years of "soon", it's like a girl that keeps promising sex but doesn't deliver: PUT OUT OR GET OUT.
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We are just as anxious about getting these heads out as anyone else. However, we have spent the last 2 years on the development of this head, during this time we have made design changes in the casting and runners to better this product when it comes to market. This has not been our only project for the last 2 years. We have developed and released a very successful SBC program, SBF heads, BBC heads will be ready in about 2 months, our new LT1 castings will hopefully be ready in November, a new "Vortec" style iron head in December, we are working on the 3V modular, the L92 heads, and of course our continuing efforts to improve our current products. So as you can see, things have been really moving here at Patriot- And let's face it we ain't the only cat on the porch at this time with a LS series aftermarket head. When it is released, there should be no design features that are left undeveloped. We will keep everyone informed.
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Man, this thing was 2 years old! Back from the dead!
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Originally Posted by Gunnar@Patriot
We are just as anxious about getting these heads out as anyone else. However, we have spent the last 2 years on the development of this head, during this time we have made design changes in the casting and runners to better this product when it comes to market. This has not been our only project for the last 2 years. We have developed and released a very successful SBC program, SBF heads, BBC heads will be ready in about 2 months, our new LT1 castings will hopefully be ready in November, a new "Vortec" style iron head in December, we are working on the 3V modular, the L92 heads, and of course our continuing efforts to improve our current products. So as you can see, things have been really moving here at Patriot- And let's face it we ain't the only cat on the porch at this time with a LS series aftermarket head. When it is released, there should be no design features that are left undeveloped. We will keep everyone informed.
any pricing predictions yet?
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Assembled our target price is $1795.00 per pair.
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