Aluminum cylinder head question AFR enforcer 335
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Wow, I must be really lucky. I have a set of AFR 315's that I bought bare in 2011 and had good parts put in. I boat in Lake Huron and have open cooling and I pull the intake every couple of seasons to check what I can and the heads are still pretty much new.
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my afr heads have held up well as far as corrosion, the edelbrocksI've seen , even ones that were ran in fresh water didnt look so great but again, dart and afr both state "a356-t6" alloy, edelbrock just says "aluminum". The one freshwater only set I redid on a 540 had moderate corrosion that had crept around the water passages where cooling holes are and had to be surfaced to get to better metal and even then, the holes still had rot at least 20% bigger then actual hole. The 2 sets off a closed cooling boat I'm redoing right now have no rot but pretty sure owner ran glycol mix. He's on here and might comment, smitty
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here's a set of edelbrock marine heads off a 509 I'm rebuilding for a guy from east coast right now. Their special "hard anodizing" didn't hold up too well, says he flushed it all the time, not sure if he used dawn dish soap or salt away but either way, not fixable, Smitty
My friends fresh water edelbrocks were about 1/3rd as bad as these fwiw
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Last I spoke to Ron Sporl he had quite a few new bare Eagle Iron heads in stock. He can also do the finished product he has all parts in house and machining equipment.
He has finished his move from Bessemer, AL to New Orleans, LA. Also a member here. His prices were quite reasonable IMHO.
Good luck
He has finished his move from Bessemer, AL to New Orleans, LA. Also a member here. His prices were quite reasonable IMHO.
Good luck
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my afr heads have held up well as far as corrosion, the edelbrocksI've seen , even ones that were ran in fresh water didnt look so great but again, dart and afr both state "a356-t6" alloy, edelbrock just says "aluminum". The ine freshwater only set I redid on a 540 had moderate corrosion that had creot around the water passages where cooling holes are and had to be surfaced to get to better metal and even then, the holes still had rot at least 20% bigger then actual hole. The 2 sets off a closed cooling boat I'm redoing right now have no rot but pretty sure owner ran glycol mix. He's on here and might comment, smitty
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Last I spoke to Ron Sporl he had quite a few new bare Eagle Iron heads in stock. He can also do the finished product he has all parts in house and machining equipment.
He has finished his move from Bessemer, AL to New Orleans, LA. Also a member here. His prices were quite reasonable IMHO.
Good luck
He has finished his move from Bessemer, AL to New Orleans, LA. Also a member here. His prices were quite reasonable IMHO.
Good luck
ron sporl has graciuosly informed us the brodix castings ARE made in the US so ignore my guess above!
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I have 2 sets of Dart Iron Eagle 308 heads and one set of 345 heads.
I also have in Aluminum.
Brodix, Dart and Mercury marine heads in stock.
I have a big supply of Manley Severe Duty intake valves and manley extreme duty (inconel).
Ron Sporl
504-616-6005
I also have in Aluminum.
Brodix, Dart and Mercury marine heads in stock.
I have a big supply of Manley Severe Duty intake valves and manley extreme duty (inconel).
Ron Sporl
504-616-6005
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