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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: CDXXVII on May 26, 2015, 09:26:40 PM
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Looking for new replacement exhaust valves. Car is street driven 427 L/R. 1.65" diameter. Stock iron heads, stock rockers, stock cam.
Summit doesn't seem to offer much.
Should I look beyond the basic Sealed Power V-1875? I think they are Mexico now.
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You could try www.alexsparts.com. He has a pretty good selection of fe valve train parts. I have two sets of his stainless valves and they are good quality for the money.
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Thanks. I had not heard of them before. I don't see where they list the 1.65" exhaust valves seperately. Only as a set with intakes.
For a critical part I would be nervous about doing business with a company that only has a PO Box and 'private brand' stuff.
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I've done business with him a few times and always worked out for me.
Good parts at reasonable prices.
Call him and ask what's on the shelf. He stocks parts not listed on his site.
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Got a couple options....Ferrea, SI, Rev, Manley. SI would probably be the most cost effective.
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Back 2013 whenever I went through my 428 cj engine I purchased a complete set of valves from Si.Good quality and a reasonable price .No problems either .I believe the valves I purchased were made in south America.Doug
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Alex's offshore valves are plenty cheap and pretty darn good too, but I'd go with Brent and SI for peace of mind. I run a set of Alex's in my 445, so I was willing to use them, but not enough miles to know long term. I have used SIs many times over the years and they are decent valves for the money.
I prefer a good Ferrea if you want to spend a little more, but the prices climb a bit depending on the valve
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I'm a strong believer in Ferrea. Good parts and good service.
KS
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Probably only a few places really making valves any more.
When the "real" manufacturer runs out, all the labelers and re-packagers run out a little while later.
Been going through this lately on that same 1.65 exhaust when my normal supplier ran out.
Seemed everybody else was out of them too....
They are back in stock now at the supplier for what its worth.
Like other parts, the perceived suppliers and the true manufacturers are often different.
A lot of performance marketers are skirting or ignoring the whole "Country of Origin" label deal.
I think - but do not know anymore - that both Rev and Ferrea come out of Argentina.
SI stuff used to be from Israel, but I don't think that is true anymore???
Basso supplies a bunch of private label valves in different price & quality levels - Mexico, China, and ?
Eaton supplies a bunch of private label valves in different price & quality levels - South America, China and ?
Dandekar in India provides a ton of inexpensive valves but nobody admits to using them
A flat zillion valves are coming in from China but nobody admits to using them.
From what I can find there are no American made stainless valve suppliers of any scale/volume.
FWIW the valves I use in my heads are coming from Rev (or Ferrea on occasion), the cheap ones I've used in factory replacement heads come from PEP but are certainly Chinese in origin.
The cheaper stuff is obvious from the price point - just don't believe in all the "copy & paste" fairy dust metallurgy and engineering claims when purchasing a valve that costs 70% less than a brand name part. When you pay six bucks for a valve you are probably getting a six dollar valve. For many uses they are perfectly adequate.