Stewart's74

I'm looking at a set of Dart Iron Eagles.
180 intake runner / 72 CC. 2.02/1.60 valves.
They look lika a descent pair of heads to me.

Opinions please.

gdh

I have the 200's that were also race ported - they are great heads especially given their price.

burners

I have a set of 215's with 2.05 valves and angle plugs on my 1970 Nova and I love them. They are very nice. The casting quality is impressive and the overall design is equally impressive. If you are running flat top pistons I would go with 64cc chambers and smooth them to get maybe 66cc. That should give you a good compression ratio without getting too high. My heads actually finished out to about 68cc so I recommend starting with the smaller chambers unless you have dome pistons.

Solid LT1

Unless you are running a 383 or 400 stay with your 180cc heads GOOD DECISION! they will have better low end torque and still be right there in HP terms up to 7000 RPM compared to the bigger port DARTS. I do not have a set of the latest Iron Eagles but I do have a early never used set of Dart Sportsman heads with 180cc intakes (angle plug heads 72cc chambers) but the Iron Eagles do have a better exhaust than the early Dart heads (new eagles can make 12-18HP more than older versions with the right cam selection), they are yours for a reasonable price if you want them, pocket ported and ready to run: $695 assembled with SS 2.02/1.60 valves, screw in studs/guide plates, new 1.44 dia flat tappet springs, chrome molly retainers and MACHINED locks (only use machined locks on HP stuff!) Email me if you are interested, I can send you photos. zeohsix2002@hotmail.com


[Modified by Solid LT1, 12:32 PM 2/3/2004]

A78Corvette

I was thinking of buying Dart heads. Where can they be bought the cheepest? Dart told me by phone that they won,t sell to an individual. I can buy Motown heads from summit or Jegs, but are they as good as Dart heads?If they are why are Dart heads so popular? any advise would be most welcome. :conehead :confused:

marshrat99

I'm running the 180 Dart IE's but with a 64cc chamber. So far they've been great. IMO, a good choice for the money. :cheers:

Fevre

Pony up another $150 and get some alum trick flow heads with much better flow and weigh a lot less:
Trick Flow


Iron Eagle $900/pair:


If flow jpg's don't appear look here:

http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/techarticles/41598/

You should be abel to run some 1.6 rockers and get up to about .484 lift too.



[Modified by Fevre, 5:10 PM 2/3/2004]

Eric R

Bought a set and love 'em 200cc/72cc

catchme76

I am about to sell mine(200cc) 2.02, 1.6. flow good enough to put me 13s pretty deep.

A78Corvette

Thanks for the link Fevre. I can read up before i spend any money. :conehead

Blue70

Have a pair of 200cc 64 chamber on my 70 Camaro :cool:

GrandSportC3

I have DART IRON EAGLE with 215cc intake runners and 64 cc chambers.. The 180cc heads are a little small for my taste.. Go with at least with 200 cc to get decent performance..

gdh

you can pick up the I. Eagle bare heads for @$550 check out Gears Are Us or many of the other places on eBay, you can luck into some great deals on new heads if you are lucky and know exaclty what you want.


[Modified by gdh, 8:20 PM 2/3/2004]

munday

i'm running 230 runners with a mild race port and 72cc chambers, came on my crate engine....they are :cool:

TedH

I'm running the DART 180cc head on my engine (see signature). :seeya


[Modified by TedH, 9:14 PM 2/3/2004]

MotorHead

Take it from me gdh is making some serious power with the Iron Eagles :D

GrandSportC3

Very true.. but 180cc runners are not to big.. That's just slightly bigger than stock GM heads... 200+ cc are needed for good performance..

Eric R

This should give you an idea:

http://www.dartheads.com/csbhiron.htm

The 200cc runners seem to be about the best fit for a street performance 350.

TedH

Kind of wish I'd purchased the 200cc heads (or at least this info had been available). Tuner praised the 180cc heads prior to purchase in 2001. Oh well, lesson learned.

78 Vette

Thats what I did