That what I've always heard.
Aluminum heads just cost too much, crack too easy and requires high CR.
But it does weighs half as much!
jon@dakota-truck.net on 06/06/2001 02:44:38 PM
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Subject: Re: DML: Re:Re:Re: R/T heads
"George S Willhite" <gswillhite@ualr.edu> wrote:
: The heat dissipation factor is something I did not
: consider, but I sure would like to have a set.
Although I will be the first to admit I don't have any firsthand
experience with aluminum heads, it is my understanding that, due to
the heat dissapation, you have to run about a point higher compression
just to maintain the same power as before. If you had identical heads,
one set iron and another aluminum, the iron would make more power
at the same compression ratio.
Anyone know for sure?
---Jon-
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