New Aluminum Cylinder Heads for the 396

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by stocker396

When was the last time you saw a 396 in a junk yard? I havent in years. At the swap meets everyone who has set of "original 396/427 closed chamber CORVETTE(because they are always corvette heads) heads" thinks they are worth thousands!

Let's make a couple of things PERFECTLY clear. First, nowhere in the rule book does it say that "the NHRA feels sorry for Racers who want to race a 396 and we're going to make it cheaper and easier to do so than Racers who race other combos. Second, the "hardcore Racers" who run a 396 HAVE heads, they just don't want to share them with the "checkbook Racers" who want to run a XXX/396 '69 Camaro or Nova because Daddy had one. Just like the "hardcore Racers" who race Max wedges, Hemis or 427/428 FFFFords. Do you think that you're the only Racer that has trouble finding cores? Try finding some #339 smallblock heads or some #01 Pontiac heads! I'll guarantee you that they're harder to find than bigblock stuff.
If you don't want to pay the price or do the digging then race a new Copo! Or a Cavalier!