Call/email Drew at Air Fuel Spark.

www.afscarbs.com

Is no-name still making heads?

Nice piece!

Morels won't like that oil.  Need to run something like a 5W20, 5W30, or a 10W30. 

There are companies that DIRECTLY copied other companies' work.  Speedmaster/Procomp directly copied the CHI 3V Cleveland head.  They directly copied the MSD distributor.  They directly copied the Funnel Web intakes for Clevelands and Windsors.  We are not talking about parts that kinda use the same design, we are talking about direct copies.  Did you know that Summit quit selling the Speedmaster line of products because there was an automatic transmission part that was copied so closely it still had Broader Performance engraved on it? 

https://www.thedrive.com/news/big-name-distributor-caught-stealing-small-shops-part-design-and-selling-it-on-summit

That's what we are talking about here and in the beginning the Stevens head was a direct copy of an Edelbrock head. 

You can obviously see that a Molnar rod is not a direct copy of a Carrillo rod.  It looks nothing like it, aside from the fact that it is an H-beam and has 2 rod bolts. 

If I remember correctly, all the FE Power cylinder heads that I've worked with, the customers bought them straight from Jay.  I didn't sell them and didn't mark them up.  That includes the Tunnel Port heads that Jay made as well.  They are great heads, make a ton of horsepower.

How many Pond or Edelbrock heads have I sold?  Holy cow, there's no telling over the course of the last 18 years.  Just sold a set of Pond HR heads this past weekend.  Got Pond SOHC heads for a build in here now.  Jay Zolko just posted some nice ported Pond HR numbers on his Facebook and Instagram page, along with some flow numbers from some other brand heads.  May wanna check them out.  Do I sell a lot of TFS heads?  Absolutely, because they are such an easy, bolt-on, great fit for a ton of builds, have a very reasonable price, and make a ton of power out of the box without touching anything.

Believe it or not, Frank, there's things that I do in my business that you don't know about and I don't advertise on the forum.  Imagine that?  But thanks for allowing me to expound on my line card.  Much appreciated!

Sorry little buddy, Ray Charles called me and told me that he could even see the difference.  You can't tell the difference between Carrillo, Dyers, or Manley, but the Molnar sticks out like a sore thumb due to the small beam cross section.

When I want really big power numbers, I use Jay Brown's heads.  Working on a 520ci engine now, heads flow about 475.  It will be the third engine I've built with them.  And yes, I make a good income off of selling TFS heads, along with Pond heads, CNC Edelbrocks, you name it.  Thanks for the advertisement! 

I am just noting the hypocrisy of putting down Chinese made goods, made in China and finished in the US, no different than the Molnar finished Chinese rods on a Carrillo design and the Pro Maxx heads of the same type thing.

Of course you don't sell Pro Maxx

I could.  Many years ago, they sent me a set of FE heads and a set of SBF heads to check out.  I looked at them, sent them back, and politely declined.

You just don't get it, Frank, because you don't want to get it. 

Ross' scruple is that he doesn't want to support businesses who stole the exact design of another company, i.e. Pro Maxx, SpeedMaster, ProComp, etc.  I'm with him.

My scruple is that I'd rather use US made products *when given the choice*.  Sometimes there is no choice.  In the situation of cylinder heads, there are lots of other choices. 

Oh, by the way, you obviously have no idea what a Carrillo rod looks like.  I bet I could post pictures of a Carrillo, Callies, Scat, and Dyers rod next to a Molnar rod, and the only rod that would stand out as a completely different design would be the Molnar. 

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