J thanks a lot its is becoming more of a pain to relocate than I thought

Drew, honestly the only reason I was going for the Iron was the price break I saw for all the other hi performance heads and wondered why someone hasn't done it for the FE so far. And yeah 460's blow and I wouldn't want a 600hp 514 for anything so out went the PI's. But and this is a small part of me wanting Iron heads, if the head's would look like factory parts and run better then what we have wouldn't it be cool to pop the hood and watch the jaws drop when they see this "original" FE that just walked by them. However with a price around 1350 for BBM's bare I will have to admit that Iron is very unlikely, so now I have to save everything and get a small bonus at the end of the year so sometime in January of 16 I will have a pair and be running them in a year.

Drew, From the offset I have wanted to know why there are no new Iron alternative for the FE. When Dart, World, and RHS, along with others volume alloy casters, cast Iron counterparts for there SB Ford, Chevy, Chrysler heads. These are large company's that, as some have stated cast iron to satisfy sanction body's for certain motorsports. However that is not there only market. Many buy them because they work good and do not cost an arm and a leg. I sincerely believe that they could do the same for the FE. However just recasting the C1's I run or C4 's and C'6s others would make no sense. Which is why I asked about a newly designed fast burn FE head one that works good but doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
You run the old Iron? Which? Like I said I run a nice set of Ported C1's, the cost to build is around 1700 from Garrett Machine about the same as the ED's from JEGS but I did it one piece at a time and Mike worked with me. If I had wanted a set of CJ's done up they would have been around 2500 from Mike, or Tom Lucas at FE Specialty's, or a few other builders which is why I did not do a set, and why I wont do a set of BBM's or FElony heads. 2500 is out of my ball park.
Now if you, me, or someone else could pick up a set of new iron that worked somewhere between the FElonies and stock for around 550-600 each bare from a reputable source that would be a good thing all around. Better yet some one who is set up to cast 427 blocks they have the equipment and know how, all they would need is a new design and there are enough people to come up with a new head, not to mention other heads with quality's we could incorporate (Chevy LS platform wasn't the first to have a tall narrow port) If and again it is a big if such a company did they could somewhat offset the cost of the blocks. I think this would be the best option.
So why am I so passionate about this, for Pete's sake we do have a whopping number of 3 company's that make heads for small bore engines. well in the 8 days since this post started there have been 1463 people who have looked at this thread it you take the 38 members who voted so far and quadruple it  that is 152 views that means 1313 people have looked at this thread. That is on average 163 additonal people a day. If (I know another one ) only 5 percent would buy that is 8 people a day that is a  definite market. Even if it was only 1 percent bought a pair a week that is 84 pairs a year x 600 that is 50k in the first year. After that if you want to run the old stuff all the power to you, if you want to run BBM"s or the like, more power to you. I hope you buy FElony and put the money where it should go. For me I would run the fast burn irons for around 1500 +/- a set, get 450+ hp not have to buy race gas to keep from sucking a valve and be more the merrier. 

Chris I looked up the D5tz-6049-a and got a distributor I know the 6049 means a cylinder head but that is what I got.

Qikbbstang, I am not sure but the exhaust port would be critical and making it so vert and horizontal header mounting was possible would help install in the narrower shock tower cars.

BH107, Your right we have quite a few FE heads available, around here the early ones are getting harder to find. Probably because the people you mentioned who are picking them up by the pallet load see a market. Like my dad or older brother who simply want it to run. For them, these are perfect.

CJ. That is what I am trying to do, I have E.mailed a few retailers of FE parts to look in on this debate, and if I can allay some of there fears by having a lively and friendly discussion with the members of this forum such as yourself, and get ones such as Joe-JDC to offer technical information. Along with Mr.Robotnick and Mr. Brown offering there point of view as ones who HAVE introduced new products plus the fact that they 1) Are selling and 2) Making a profit. Then perhaps they will in turn inform there suppliers who in turn might get involved. I think that the FE platform has proven that it is here to stay and that there are people who will do what ever it take to keep it going. The people like Joe, who ports the stuff to Barry who casts and sells it to Jay who finds a small niche part and makes it go, to you and me in a small way who run it and have no qualms about standing up and defending with all we have. So  every on PLEASE keep it coming I will do my best to counter any argument you put before me because it might work and I hope it dose.

On a side note Barry you stated something about one of the fellows at Genesis is making a go could you PM me his info if you have it. Again this is my opinion but I 'think' an affordable Iron head would be just what he would need to keep the bread and butter coming seeing that he cast iron all ready?

lastly how do I add a picture. "DOH!"

Congrats. Hope it runs and sounds as good as it looks. I love the Merc and old PBF valve covers. Was the intake ported or is it as cast? When I talked to Blair Patrick about a set of BBM's he said he would sell a ported rpm intake to match the ports for around 750 or charge 80 a hole to port it. Just a thought.

sorry guys cant play tonight its family night

RJP, thank you, that is the information I was looking for, and it stands to reason that making a head the sanctioning body would deem unfair would not make sense, but, Pond make a heads that is super stock legal Edelbrock the same and not to mention Dove. As matter of fact Dove did at one time cast the F5WE in iron but no longer. So then there is still the option, with the proviso that they garner a appropriate designation to say they are with boundary's I.E Stock valve location port dimensions and again why not take the C6 head or CJ head and keep there basic layout with a few refinement such a chamber design I believe they would fit right in.
Gentlemen, This has been more enlightening then I expected in such a short time, most of you stating your opinion as to why it wont happen. All I am asking is give it a chance. If I knew how to get a hold of the guys at Dart, World, or RHS' and I mean some one who will listen and not just just blow me off I would carry this to the end. Machoneman you called me determined. THANK YOU! I can not think of a better compliment and yes I will contact BBM. But before I go for the night (gotta help the boy with his model and the girl wants to play catch) let me ask Jay and Mr. Robotnick one question since as most are saying the FE market is full. Why did you do it? Jay, Edelbrock makes a fine intake as do others. And Mr. Robotnick, Edelbrock makes a fine set of heads don't they and Blue Thunder, Pond, Dove do too. So...... Why?

Exactly! In your instance I can see that the extra weight would be the primary consideration, where in my situation budget is what is called a major constraint and 200 is a set of decent intake and exhaust valves. Let say the price could be 600 bare, a little trade here and there and within a year I could get a set. We all know how much work has to go into the old stuff which drive up the total cost but new heads do not need as much work especially with fast as cast as they say now days. So now you have 1200 for heads 200 for valves 125 for springs locks retainers from DSC and  a 300 dollar valve job a cartridge roll home port job (One of the old Iron porters could put out a dvd for the DIY crowd for the 2.04 and 2.09 valve with enough left on the table for the 2.15 to be ported professionally to be given with a purchase of a pair heads or sold for 50 bucks think about it) and your down the road with a set of heads that will last longer then your long block for under 2 grand that is a win, win.