These Brodix Heads any good?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Rolla Mo
These Brodix Heads any good?
THESE NEW 23 DEGREE, IK200, (IRON KILLER) HEADS ARE ON THE BEST BARGAINS ON THE MARKET TODAY!
READY TO BOLT ON, with 200CC intake runners, ULTRA LITE CASTINGS, BRONZE VALVE GUIDES, valve seats for use with UNLEADED FUEL. ENDS MILLED & DRILLED for accessories, with STRAIGHT SPARK PLUG ANGLE in either, 64 CC or 72 CC COMBUSTION CHAMBERS.
They feature BRODIX 2.055 INTAKE VALVES, 1.600 EXHAUST VALVES, COMPETITION VALVE JOB.
CNC PORT MATCHED INTAKE RUNNERS.
COMPETITION CAMS HYDRAULIC ROLLER VALVE SPRINGS with 10 degree steel retainer & locks.
COMP CAM'S GUIDE PLATES & your choice of either 7/16 or 3/8 screw in studs.
They would be going into a superrammed, LT4 Hotcammed 350.
These are selling for $995, thought I would get an expert opinion on these.
Thanks,
Doug
READY TO BOLT ON, with 200CC intake runners, ULTRA LITE CASTINGS, BRONZE VALVE GUIDES, valve seats for use with UNLEADED FUEL. ENDS MILLED & DRILLED for accessories, with STRAIGHT SPARK PLUG ANGLE in either, 64 CC or 72 CC COMBUSTION CHAMBERS.
They feature BRODIX 2.055 INTAKE VALVES, 1.600 EXHAUST VALVES, COMPETITION VALVE JOB.
CNC PORT MATCHED INTAKE RUNNERS.
COMPETITION CAMS HYDRAULIC ROLLER VALVE SPRINGS with 10 degree steel retainer & locks.
COMP CAM'S GUIDE PLATES & your choice of either 7/16 or 3/8 screw in studs.
They would be going into a superrammed, LT4 Hotcammed 350.
These are selling for $995, thought I would get an expert opinion on these.
Thanks,
Doug
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From: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
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Originally Posted by Dougs 90
FLOW CHART cfm @ 28" H2O
VALVE SIZE 0.200 0.300 0.400 0.500 0.600 0.650 0.700
2020 INTAKE 123 181 230 253 261 261 262
1.600 EXHAUST 100 145 164 171 176 177 177
VALVE SIZE 0.200 0.300 0.400 0.500 0.600 0.650 0.700
2020 INTAKE 123 181 230 253 261 261 262
1.600 EXHAUST 100 145 164 171 176 177 177
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I was not going to say anything, but i put alot of money into iron heads in the past with P&P...... only to have cracks appear outside the valve seats. On the other hand I had major valve damage to aluminum and they came back repaired by AFR and they were perfect.
I would never use iron again!
I would never use iron again!
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From: Peoria IL
Originally Posted by gkull
I was not going to say anything, but i put alot of money into iron heads in the past with P&P...... only to have cracks appear outside the valve seats. On the other hand I had major valve damage to aluminum and they came back repaired by AFR and they were perfect.
I would never use iron again!
I would never use iron again!
You can get those IK200s for $700 bare
They are meant to be a bargain.
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Those heads aren't that bad, but I mean for the money I would run the Dart Platinum 200s on your ZZ4 shortblock.
.200 .300 .400 .500 .600
130 194 242 274 283
109 158 198 208 214
This should help your search:
http://users.erols.com/srweiss/tablehdc.htm#Chevy
.200 .300 .400 .500 .600
130 194 242 274 283
109 158 198 208 214
This should help your search:
http://users.erols.com/srweiss/tablehdc.htm#Chevy
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Vortec heads are a **** poor design in the area of manifold sealing. My buddies automotive shop does 100's of them a year. Nothing like a little coolant in your oil or feeding through the cylinder after a few years of heat cycles. His shop loves Chevy. Mass market junk products to keep the mechanics busy. Oh - nice vacuum leaks also. They just don't have enough bolts holding the manifold on.
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I used a vortec specific intake and intake gaskets. The gaskets are a hard plastic with rubber seals around all of the openings. The bolts for the intake are designed so that they bottom out and seal perfectly when used in conjuction with the correct intake gaskets. Everything I've read claims that this system works great.
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we used them on a 350 malibu went from a ported set of 64cc 202 iron catings to the 64 cc ik head with the optional cnc combustion chamber et went from 12teens to 12.20s to 11.30s to 11.40s no other changes
to the door price was $1150
to the door price was $1150
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Originally Posted by Corvette Kid NC
My ported LT1 heads flow over 280 at .600" lift and even do 275 at .525" lift which is the maximum for my Hotcam. These just don't seem real stout for an aftermarket head.
They outflow AFR 190's out of the box at .400 and .500 lift With minimal work, these will be outstanding heads.
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From: Elkhorn WI
Originally Posted by gkull
Vortec heads are a **** poor design in the area of manifold sealing. My buddies automotive shop does 100's of them a year. Nothing like a little coolant in your oil or feeding through the cylinder after a few years of heat cycles. His shop loves Chevy. Mass market junk products to keep the mechanics busy. Oh - nice vacuum leaks also. They just don't have enough bolts holding the manifold on.
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From: Modesto CA
Originally Posted by CORKVETTE1
we used them on a 350 malibu went from a ported set of 64cc 202 iron catings to the 64 cc ik head with the optional cnc combustion chamber et went from 12teens to 12.20s to 11.30s to 11.40s no other changes
to the door price was $1150
to the door price was $1150
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From: Rolla Mo
Originally Posted by flyersfan1088
They outflow AFR 190's out of the box at .400 and .500 lift With minimal work, these will be outstanding heads.
Doug
