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"Whats the total cost of a CHI as compared to a Edlebrock head with porting ... both complete ? The Edelbrocks I;ll bet use all std valve train and rockers ... valves off the shelf ?"

Ron - CHI's come set up to use the standard, off the shelf, valve train components. They come set-up for standard stud mounted rocker arms and are delivered with a set of Ferrea 6000 series stainless steel valves fitted to the heads.

You can get an assembled pair of heads for $2150 or bare for $1575.

The Edelbrock heads are (Per Summit Racing)$969.50 each assembled. That's $1939 for the pair assembled. Of course the valve springs that come with the Edelbrocks may not be right for your selected cam, so you may have to buy all new springs, etc. But if you are just going to throw on the head as is this is not necessary.

Since we seem to favor less exotic builds, I would think that on a standard displacement Cleveland, out of the box, I would be willing bet that a CHI 3V, 185 displacment head will out perform the Edelbrocks right out of the box.

If you favor a bigger displacment motor a set of 225 CHI 3V's are the same price and will support a big displacment stroker motor easily.

If you are willing to invest the money in porting out the Edelbrock head maybe it will outperform the CHI at that point. But then you have destroyed your argument because with the investment in additional machining time the Edelbrock's will have cost you more.

HP for the buck I still believe the CHI's come out way ahead.