ERA Slabside 3018 is underway...

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by dacobb

So I took Brent up on his offer and put a deposit down for that 1965 289 block. Now the search for Hi-Po heads begins...

Brandon might be taking my car for paint within two weeks. Moving right along.

Good luck on the head search. The Mustang and early Shelby crowd really lust after and hoard those things but they are out there.

[dacobb]

Brent found a pair on Ebay for $1800, "refurbished" whatever that means.

Funny thing is you can take a regular pair of 289 heads and with a little machine work, make it just like a hi-po.

If I can find a pair for around $1000-1500 I might bite.

[Chaplin]

For the price, I'd get a set of AFR heads and paint them to match the block if you are after something that looks period correct.

[Ron61]

You are going to have a fabulous car when it is finished and Brent does good work I think.

Ron

[blykins]

Originally Posted by Chaplin

For the price, I'd get a set of AFR heads and paint them to match the block if you are after something that looks period correct.

If he wants to go that route, then I'd go with a set of Dart Iron Eagle heads. The flow would be there, but they are cast iron and can easily be prepped to look authentic.

I like the aluminum heads too, but they are harder to get sealed and painted. I've done it before, but it eventually ends up flaking off from a scratch or something.

The Dart heads would easily add 50-75 hp over the factory 180 cfm pieces.

[dacobb]

In order of preference:

1. Dart iron eagle heads