CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - Making Aluminum Heads Legal for all SuperStockers

SPS · 10-08-2009, 04:37 PM

Stacey, let me get this straight, its OK for you to use aftermarket aluminum heads (and block) for your Pontiac, but not for everybody else.

Never mind the cost of the diminishing supply of castings as well as the internal corrosion making them prone to leaking, the work involved to be competitive ( $7500++) and the near impossibility of repair makes all our Super Stock heads more expensive than Modified/Comp stuff.

Personally, I believe that an across-the-board allowable aluminum head would reduce the longterm cost in Super Stock. I know that Edelbrock has been lobbying NHRA for a number of years for this and had offered to make whats missing.

Remember, there are still cc specs for both chambers and runners that would have to be adhered to.

For those doubters,this will not obsolete the iron heads already out ther, just advance the class.

FJ

10-08-2009, 04:37 PM	#36
SPS Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cayuga, Canada Posts: 298 Likes: 38 Liked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Making Aluminum Heads Legal for all SuperStockers Stacey, let me get this straight, its OK for you to use aftermarket aluminum heads (and block) for your Pontiac, but not for everybody else. Never mind the cost of the diminishing supply of castings as well as the internal corrosion making them prone to leaking, the work involved to be competitive ( $7500++) and the near impossibility of repair makes all our Super Stock heads more expensive than Modified/Comp stuff. Personally, I believe that an across-the-board allowable aluminum head would reduce the longterm cost in Super Stock. I know that Edelbrock has been lobbying NHRA for a number of years for this and had offered to make whats missing. Remember, there are still cc specs for both chambers and runners that would have to be adhered to. For those doubters,this will not obsolete the iron heads already out ther, just advance the class. FJ