Cobra Completion Fundraiser for 767Jockey

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Originally Posted by blykins

What did you fellers decide on the cylinder heads?

Brent,
Nothing obvious has popped up yet. Between shipping back and forth across the country, buying valves, labor, etc....the costs of using a old Ford set of heads are adding up. I'm wondering if it's not better and easier in the long run to just look for a set of Edelbrock heads and be done with it? What are your thoughts on that? Your earlier remark to me about the challenges in dealing with 50+ year old parts and the unforeseen problems that presents really struck home with me.

I'm thinking that to get a set located, ship them likely multiple times, buy valves, retainers, keepers, seals etc, then to get them boiled, magged, machined, only to find somewhere in that process that they're cracked or warped, repair that damage, etc.... Now if they needed to be milled, you deal with fitment issues, which is always a challenge on an FE...........perhaps the Edelbrocks are beginning to look cost effective. Your thoughts and expertise on this would be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone else has experienced issues along this line, please chime in. Thanks, everyone.
Doug