TA Buick/Rover heads

Would like some that flowed more and had bigger valves right out of he box.

 

See pics below.

Paint has faded a bit since the photos.

Exhaust crossover and passenger side header to turbo is complete. (couldn't find that photo)

 

Understood. Your intake is setup for the iron 300 ports? With boost I would run it with stock heads. We doubled the HP with a bone stock 74 350 on 8 psi. 160 Hp to 350 Hp, crank.

I can’t believe TA doesn’t have any heads, they must have done non finished ones. They couldn’t have sold many? I think they only sold 8 or 9 sets of 350 heads and then quit machining them and left a pallet of bare heads to sit and collect dust.

 

What are the flow numbers for wildcat heads?

 

They're short machinists, and their suppliers are way behind. Word is their v6 block run was taking them nearly a year to receive.

 

Funny, when I talked to Mike around the first of the year from the way he talked I got the impression they had a whole pallet of them. But I guess having them and having them ready to ship aren't quite the same thing.

Jim

 

Comparison of Wildcat and TA heads:
Wildcat Rover V8 in Mod Griffith chassis - Page 9 - Griffith - PistonHeads UK

 

I found you some TA rover heads, message sent,

 

I doubled the price on the Wildcat heads thinking per each. Per pair bare heads are $1248. Exchange rate 1.3 X British LB. Use 1.94 IN and 1.60 Chevy valves and rockers.


WILDCAT HEADS ARE BACK! – Automotive Component Remanufacturing Ltd

 

Thats not bad! I wonder how they compare to the TA heads???

 

If I had a set of usable and ready to run 300 heads sitting around I may have considered it. Shame to not take advantage of this 3.830" bore though...

 

Check your messages

 

Just did. Thank you!

 

Looks to me like the TA and the Wildcat heads are very similar, a side by side flowbench comparison would tell the tale though. A set of bare TA heads are about $1500.

Jim

 

Big thank you to Sean for getting me in touch with Dan Jones, for Dan selling me a set of bare heads, and for Dan being so gracious to deliver said heads to Stiegemeier for porting.

Looking forward to seeing the numbers.

Now looking for a hydraulic roller cam blank for the 300

 

TA has the blanks. 215, 300 and 340 are the same.

 

awesome I’m glad I could help! Pics!!!

 

I bought a pair of roller cams from TA about the first of the year. They were out of the small blanks but eventually found a couple somewhere after we had decided to cut down a couple of the larger blanks. There was a surcharge involved. Don't know if they have restocked yet.

Jim

 

Thanks, I'll give them another ring.

 

Might want to talk to Tim.