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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 10:11 PM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

Dart Little Chiefs!
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 10:38 PM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

Get SB-2's, little chiefs or GM symmetrical ports. We have a twin turbo 18* headed 400 that we drag race. Because of the exhaust valves next to each other in the center ports it eats the head gaskets up every 12 runs. It makes great power but after 3 runs it loses some power and after 12 were putting gaskets on it.
If you build a engine with these heads and a couple of turbos or even 1 101mm you will be able to have 1500 to the wheels and it will be streetable. here is one that was just on ebay that did not make reserve:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT
Old Mar 9, 2005 | 08:25 AM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

That looks like the engine from the BMR project car. Man, I wanted to see that thing run.
Old Mar 9, 2005 | 08:54 AM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

Originally Posted by Birdie2000
That looks like the engine from the BMR project car. Man, I wanted to see that thing run.
Thats what i thought. I saw pictures of that car done so this must have been a spare???
Old Mar 9, 2005 | 09:10 AM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

Really, where'd you see that? He used to have it on the website, but never updated in like a year or two now, and took down the link to it. I assumed nothing happened with it since he has those other two projects.
Old Mar 9, 2005 | 09:41 PM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

Originally Posted by Birdie2000
Really, where'd you see that? He used to have it on the website, but never updated in like a year or two now, and took down the link to it. I assumed nothing happened with it since he has those other two projects.
I looked , thought i saved one but....can't find sh_t. I will keep looking.
Old Mar 9, 2005 | 09:47 PM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

They dont have a dedicated URL for it anymore, you can only find pics in the directory

http://www.bmrfabrication.com/buildup/
Old Mar 9, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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yeah, but there's no files newer than 2003 in there, safe to say there's none of a finished product, provided the car actually ran at one point.
Old Mar 9, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

Originally Posted by jonaddis84
They dont have a dedicated URL for it anymore, you can only find pics in the directory

http://www.bmrfabrication.com/buildup/
Good find. I new i saw them , just couldn't find them.
I guess they never finished it....
Old Mar 12, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

Don't know if you guys are talking it up on the Little Chiefs seriously or not but I have been doing quite a bit of homework on them. Was seriously considering them for my next build until I talked to Dick Maskin at Dart. Come to find out, the LC's require their own block due to the valve/lifter locations. That means it's gonna need a lot of custom stuff to make it work and I already have a nice older dart block so..... no LC's for me.

-Mindgame
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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Re: Best heads for a 421 turbo motor

Not going to say I have a choice between the two.... but there is a good thread about them here: http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=858

Good info about the new Splayed Valve GM head.

Bret

Last edited by SStrokerAce; Mar 15, 2005 at 02:44 PM.
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