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I may be wrong.....but I had read that Edelbrock's foundry was actually casting these TFS heads for them? In that case, the companies are all tied in together and the price points are all brewed up for a reason.
The TFS are fully CNCd, while that doesn’t necessarily make them better than a raw cast head, it is somewhat time intensive and requires a pricy machine to perform so it’s not surprising they’re the more expensive option
I just looked at the Laurel Aluminium web site and they show some cylinder heads one being an FE, plus an aluminium block that sure looks like an FE. Wonder who they are casting the block for ?
Quote from: mbrunson427 on December 12, 2017, 05:48:08 PMI may be wrong.....but I had read that Edelbrock's foundry was actually casting these TFS heads for them? In that case, the companies are all tied in together and the price points are all brewed up for a reason.Just because Edelbrock is casting someone else's cylinder head (and I'm not saying they are) doesn't mean they have some or any influence or tie with TF. Edelbrock casts a lot of parts for a lot of companies. They cast AFR heads too. The heads are cast to the company's design specifications. It's just a foundry. Funny thing is, I've been told that even Edelbrock is having some of their intakes cast in China. Go figure.
I think Barry nailed it, looks like Robert's stuff. The block definitely his, probably the head too. Laurel has a good reputation in the casting industry, so not surprising too see Pond and Trickflow use their services.
Oh c'mon now. Why would a company agree to manufacture something that is going to inherently put their product line out of market. Of course they would make sure that their product line still had a place in the market.
Got confirmation that my 703 heads are on the way. These are the ones with the Ti retainers. Not sure which valve spring they have since the catalog information hasn't been updated yet but once I have the heads in my hands I'll know for sure. I'm going to be running a small solid roller (Comp 292R grind) so I'll need a decent spring but nothing killer.Comp doesn't show a 292R in the catalog for the FE, just the 288 and 308 but they were happy enough to grind one for me. Engine is going in a '63 1/2 Galaxie so didn't want to go nutso on the cam.