Reply to "Brodix Alum Heads"

> I believe out of the box the C302 heads have smaller ports than the Brodix,
> which come out of the box "pre-ported" compared to the C302.

That's not the case. The Brodix has small ports out of the box and is not
pre-ported. The standard valves are actually smaller than C302B heads.
When the were first out, there was a rumor that a pre-ported version was
going to come out but AFAIK it never happenned. Kelly Coffield's BF300's
have the small ports. I think he would actually be better off with larger
ports given his displacement. There is an optimal intake tract velocity
and if you run small ports on a large displacement motor, you can actually
exceed that value and not make as much peak power as you would with larger
ports.

> I'd bid on them if I had the $$ laying around.

When I last checked, they were available new for $1600 (or was it $1800) bare.

> If somebody is in the market for alloy heads for a max effort motor, the
> Brodix BF300 heads in the auction, Ford Motorsport C302 heads

With the small ports, they also work extremely well on the street.
I know of a 377C street stroker that originaly ran 4V heads and switching
to C302B heads (leaving the rest of the short block the same) brought the
lower end of the torque curve (where it came "on cam") down by 1000 RPM
while making more power at the top end.

> The Brodix & C302 heads require you to dig up a Ford Motorsport intake to
> match

The Edelbrock Victor AH-II intake is still in production for these heads.

> and purchase a new set of high port headers;

These are off-the-shelf parts from several Pantera vendors and cost is similar
to 4V Pantera headers.

> (ahh, Dan, we were working on posts at the same time! You've always got the
> data!)

Yup.

Dan Jones