So my truck has 195k+ miles on it and I've got cracked heads. Still runs and drives fine, but cylinders 7 and 8 have compression barely over 100psi, while the rest of the cylinders are about 130psi. In the spring I plan on replacing my rusty rocker panels, and installing new cylinder heads. I'm wondering if the more expensive Engine Quest heads are worth it over the standard new heads (with thicker castings) that Clearwater / Odessa sells?

The truck is mostly stock, it has the kegger mod (but I might put an un-altered intake back on for more torque), and all the exhaust is aftermarket except for the manifolds. I do have a new, never used M1 Intake I could put on the truck if I ever re-built the engine, but that's for another time. I may decide to put some shorty headers on the truck in the spring though.

The truck does lose a little antifreeze, I think I'm buring it in cylinders 7 and 8 as I get a little white smoke on start up, and I can't find a leak for the antifreeze and there are no puddles.

So what do you think? Are Engine Quest heads worth it over the standard new heads?

 

The EQ heads supposedly flow better than stock..... not sure if that would cause performance issues without a tune to account for them.

 

Ok, gotcha. I forgot to mention I do have the HemiFever canned tunes running on my truck to kill the death flash. Don't know if that makes a different though.

 

Sure won't hurt. And upgrading to custom tunes is pretty cheap. (if you need to....)

 

That might be what I do then. Just found the EQ heads for $875 a pair, seems like a good deal. Hope I can find them at that price when I'm ready to purchase (need to do my rocker panels first).

 

Yeah, that IS a good price. Normally they are in four digits.....

 

Might want to buy those heads sooner than later if you're definitely going to do this engine work. That's a great price on those heads, which could certainly go higher.

 

The heads are on order. Went ahead and got them. There are 2 more sets available on Ebay if anyone is interested.

 

I'll buy one if you but them for me wish my funds allowed that

 

I bet you would, but no can do. I only bought because it was a good price and I need heads for the truck. Outside of that, I have a wife, a kid, a mortgage, and a car payment on the wife's car.