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Old 10-18-2010, 04:22 PM   #14
art leong
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Default Re: Racing for Pinks!!!!! (reynolds style)

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Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich View Post
Art, just as an example, we have an engine with two "replacement" items, which, it turns out, are not a huge advantage on a 427/425 car. The 401 heads, that we take a 10HP hit on, and the 359 intake, many of which don't show a real improvement over the old GM 163 intake, probably because the 359 intake is an almost direct copy of the 163. We may even run an iron head 427 next year, with the 163 intake.

The factory cars are a lot more "enhanced", and have a way soft factor.
I thought all 427 Camaros came with iron heads? I thought the aluminum head was only available on the 396?
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