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Project1970 · 08-21-2002, 12:25 PM

Edelbrock makes most of their manifolds available for Vortecs, I believe; I know there's the Performer, Performer RPM, and RPM Air-Gap. The Performer is the one that Scoggin-Dickey includes in their head kit.

I think that article over at Corvette FAQ put it best: "Generally, rebuilding a set of stock iron heads will cost in the neighborhood of $400 to $500. The problem with this is that all you have to show for five big ones is a marginal set of stock heads."

Personally, and this is just me, I'd just as soon start out with the best deal GM has going in iron-heads, rather than hope to get up there after a lot of machine work that costs nearly as much. I mean, the guys at the machine shop I went to turned down all of that labor on my original heads when I brought them in - they said those castings would never crack but that's all they've got going for them, I'd be better off putting the money into new heads.

08-21-2002, 12:25 PM	#16
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	Edelbrock makes most of their manifolds available for Vortecs, I believe; I know there's the Performer, Performer RPM, and RPM Air-Gap. The Performer is the one that Scoggin-Dickey includes in their head kit. I think that article over at Corvette FAQ put it best: "Generally, rebuilding a set of stock iron heads will cost in the neighborhood of $400 to $500. The problem with this is that all you have to show for five big ones is a marginal set of stock heads." Personally, and this is just me, I'd just as soon start out with the best deal GM has going in iron-heads, rather than hope to get up there after a lot of machine work that costs nearly as much. I mean, the guys at the machine shop I went to turned down all of that labor on my original heads when I brought them in - they said those castings would never crack but that's all they've got going for them, I'd be better off putting the money into new heads. __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!