Magnum Heads
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If i was going to do that swap i would get a wrecked car and steel everything from it. You occasionally see them on copart. Like this one...
https://www.copart.com/lot/61485671/...-pa-harrisburg
https://www.copart.com/lot/61485671/...-pa-harrisburg
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well a quick update on this. The heads came in. I found a casting number on the heads and it came up with engine quests website. So I'm assuming they are the engine quest heads. They were only $240 a pop but they are bare heads. No core return. Definitely seems worth it to me. The heads definitely look brand new as well. Definitely thicker between the valve seats as far as I can tell.
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I'm trying to figure out why you buy heads that you don't know who makes them. I would stay away from ebay unless you know exactly what you are buying. I believe there is a thread here somewhere about aftermarket heads. And the problem with the EQ new castings(Odessa/Clearwate makes them). Have your machine shop check the heads real well! People buy the EQ's and they think they are ready to bolt on with the valves etc installed, But that's not the case. It says this on their site...
"Assembly of bare cylinder head casting should be done by qualified machine shop"
Because further machining needs to done IE the rocker post's need to be machined.
"Assembly of bare cylinder head casting should be done by qualified machine shop"
Because further machining needs to done IE the rocker post's need to be machined.
to answer your question, I went with what I could find for cheap. I could return the items if they did not check out after given to the machine shop.