427 Fe Sohc

[olddog]

I'm not the greatest at surfing the net. The cammerconcepts website I got to just left me hanging at an advertisement page. After finally finding Doves first name YaHoo finally found their site. Dove has a lot of great information on FE engines. Pictures of SOHC heads, but no prices.

Honestly I do not want to put a fortune in an engine. For me it would take the fun out of hammering it. What ever I build, I will spend the money for a set of heads that have good flow and like the weight savings of aluminum. So I was wandering what would a set of SOHC heads cost verses a set of good aluminum heads? I'm sure there are other goodies that have to bought too, but would like to understand the cost differance. Anyone ever price these heads?

Thanks

[Woodz428]

It's been many years since I saw one in person(2 actually) and I was thinking that they had iron heads, at least the majority of the crate engines sold. Both these were new in the crate from H-M. I'm sure the replacement ones being made are aluminum, but there would be no weight savings with original ones.

[Commander]

You can't just look at the cost of the heads themselves.

If you go SOHC, you'd need not only the heads themselves, but the front cover (and backing plate), specially modified water pump, special pistons, the chains, and the two cams. And the cams are ground unlike any 'normal' cams and so, are NOT cheap themselves.

So basically, you're looking at $15,000-$20,000 MINIMUM for a SOHC engine vs way way way way less for a pushrod FE (and $30,000-$40,000++ cammers are probably more common if you get any builder(s) involved).