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Old 05-23-2006, 08:46 AM
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Default Probably both....

I spoke with Ed Schiff (Sales Manager) last year and their engineer, Bob Rice (who was very upfront & helpful). I was building for performance and not purist/correct applicatons and Rice said they are good quality but are focused more for historically correct applications. Ed seemed to have more focus on Carroll Shelby's name being on the heads than my interest in flow numbers. I don't mean it in an offensive way; from an investment standpoint it has value. From a performance standpoint; it doesn't mean squat (to me). Their heads are designed for 425 HP and "correctness" and Shelby's name is stamped on them. Having said that; you can still have them reworked for performance like any other set of heads. For ME; the bang for the buck wasn't there to justify the cost. I could do significantly better with KC's and get outstanding flow numbers out of a set of Edlebrocks.

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