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

69ss/rs · 10-21-2009, 08:26 PM

For all of you that want to cry about the expense; I can tell you from experience. I have one of each, and aluminum head motor and a steel head motor so I know the cost for a fact. First the aluminum heads cost me more to purchase, but they where new not 40 years old, second they didn't have to be checked for cracks, sent out to be welded. Bottom line is that the aluminum head motor actually cost a couple thousand dollars less to build; best part is that I don't have to drain my motor at the end of the day. So; the expense part is crap! I don't care if the replacement heads are steel or aluminum, but it would be easier for the replacement heads to be made of the same material for sake of HP and weight that needs to be added. I said aluminum, because most of the replacement heads allowed now are aluminum; so why not stay constant. Finally some type of replacement has to happen in order for traditional classes, not GT remain alive and well.

10-21-2009, 08:26 PM	#6
69ss/rs Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 82 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Making Aluminum Heads Legal for all SuperStockers For all of you that want to cry about the expense; I can tell you from experience. I have one of each, and aluminum head motor and a steel head motor so I know the cost for a fact. First the aluminum heads cost me more to purchase, but they where new not 40 years old, second they didn't have to be checked for cracks, sent out to be welded. Bottom line is that the aluminum head motor actually cost a couple thousand dollars less to build; best part is that I don't have to drain my motor at the end of the day. So; the expense part is crap! I don't care if the replacement heads are steel or aluminum, but it would be easier for the replacement heads to be made of the same material for sake of HP and weight that needs to be added. I said aluminum, because most of the replacement heads allowed now are aluminum; so why not stay constant. Finally some type of replacement has to happen in order for traditional classes, not GT remain alive and well.