BlessedHellride

I am having trouble deciding on which heads to get. I am planning my 408 build and have been looking at these two heads. The AFR 225cc with 58cc chambers and a set of the Edelbrock Victor Jr heads with the 210cc runners with 60cc chambers. If any of you all were to choose regardless of cost, money isn't the factor here. Which one of these two heads would you all choose and why. These heads will be going on a fully forged 408W short block. I haven't made up my mind if I will stick it in my coupe or build another car. But this car will be a track only, trailer queen with this engine combo as I expect high compression and a butt load of RPM's. I don't want this to get into a pi$$ing match either, I'm not going with Trick Flow heads, so don't bother to suggest them. Thanks in advance.

Big Chris

calfroper_06

iv heard alot of good things on the AFRs. The flow numbers are good, personally if i get aluminums im going AFRs all the way. srry if this dont help

calfroper_06

why not go 427 hellride

BlessedHellride

No reason really. It is a stock block out of a 1996 truck. I also heard something about rod bolts and clearing the camshaft in some cases. I just don't know much about the 427 kits, not that I would turn down more cubic inches. I just think the 408 kit would be more reliable for a season or two unless I break it sooner, which we all know is a possibility.

calfroper_06

i hear you there, i do like reliability. My father-inlaw has the high coast performance 427 kit in hes fully restored 68 coupe. he had ported iron heads put we pulled them two weeks ago and getting some big DARTs on order soon. hes actually had hes motor built for going on 8 years now, but it proply dont have 5k miles on it

mjr46

I vote AFR

JalapenoNotch0

AFR. I had a set of their 165's on a coupe a while back and loved them.

nostang88

AFR they also have lots of room left if you want them machined down the road. My cousin has a 408 in a coupe and he has actualy had 3 sets of heads on it.

he goes 3 tenths faster with his afr compared to the darts and vict jr's

he has a comp 274 cam/dart block/250-300 shot

woodsy

Certainly not lots of room left in them at all. The vic jr is not even in the same ball park as an afr225, useless comparison. I dont care if you dont want to hear it, but look at a 225 Hi port and compare it to a an AFR225, the vic jr is a dog comparatively speaking.

woodsy

Just a little viewing pleasure, these are going on a 428 I am building for a cobra kit car