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Offline gomopar440

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Indy Heads
« on: August 23, 2007 - 12:38:13 PM »
I was looking at the advertisement in Mopar Muscle for Indy Cylinder Heads and noticed something. They seem to have dropped the 440-SRs from their available heads for the big block wedges. Apparently all they have listed now are the 440-1 and 440-EZ heads.

I'm curious as to what happened to the SR's since I already bought a pair (a while ago) and got them CNC (MW) ported for the 511 that's going into my Challenger.

When I went to the Mopar Nats last year ('06) I was talking to someone with the same basic setup I have except he had the 440-1s. He said that he wished that he had SRs because he drives on the street a lot. I liked hearing that since thats how I plan on driving my Chally. Is there just no (or minimal) performance difference between the SRs and the EZs? :clueless:




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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2007 - 01:26:13 PM »
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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2007 - 05:36:25 PM »
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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2007 - 05:50:48 PM »
they flow the same...sr of course have raised exhaust port which is upposed to help flow but indy has them flowing the same on their site??? i personally wont but the SR's just cause of header issues that why the EZ's are becoming more popular...

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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2007 - 08:12:57 AM »
I figured as much about the raised port + header issues. That's why I bought the Indy specific TTI's at the same time as the heads. They're the coated 2&1/8" stepped headers. I'm hoping there won't be any fitment issues with the PS but I'm willing to ditch that rather than try to ding up the ceramic coated pipes.

Is anyone out there already running SR's with 2&1/8" stepped TTI's on an E-body?

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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2007 - 10:52:07 AM »
4C is running Dash 1 heads with the TTi raised port headers , it gets extremely close near the passenger lower belhousing bolt but fits perfectly other wise , but he is using manual steering

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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2007 - 12:23:03 PM »
Hey GoMope, whats up? Glad to hear from you over here in E-body land. How is your car coming along?
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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2007 - 12:30:26 PM »
The SRs are being hit hard by the Edelbrock RPMS. Indy has lost a lot of sales to them. I have a set of SRs from the late 90s that are untouched. They compromised the  head even more because with the raised port setup, it didnt work with any headers, and it was a bear to get into A body chassis. RPMs knew what they had to be after the SR's release...lol. They are a smaller port volume. I like that. In terms of similar, the SRs use the exact same castings as the -1s, but the port openings and pushrod holes are different. Which led to the -1s and the offset rockers. The EZ exhaust port leaves some room for improvement, but does fit the cars. The SRs dont, and need TTI headers to work right. Flow wise, the SRs will not flow near the -1s, because the -1s are always max wedge sized opening. SRs could be gotten in std port or MW, but even in MW form, the pushrods were located in the stock spot. So the MW SR cant move the same flow. Not even close in fully ported form. Indy is famous for overstating and/or skewing flow numbers too. It wouldnt surprise me to see the SRs be cut and dropped. Especially with the other options that may be around in the future.

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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2007 - 01:21:10 PM »
I got the Indy Windjammer 295cc CNC porting done to the SR's to take them out to the MW size when I bought them. I'm hoping I didn't screw up there and buy into something that is just hype.

Hey Brett! Yea, I poke in here from time to time. I'm still over at Moparnuts most of the time but mostly as a lurker. 

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Re: Indy Heads
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2007 - 05:57:39 PM »
I got the Indy Windjammer 295cc CNC porting done to the SR's to take them out to the MW size when I bought them. I'm hoping I didn't screw up there and buy into something that is just hype.

Hey Brett! Yea, I poke in here from time to time. I'm still over at Moparnuts most of the time but mostly as a lurker. 

they are still good heads..just header problems and flow 351 @.600...interesting what people say about to much port volume for the street though....my new comp cams camquest program shows my edelbrock stage 3's 320cfm@.600 puttin out a tad more hp than the mw ported indy's even though the indys flow more...thats using my exact cam with both heads and i have exact flow numbers as well ??? interesting...30 more cfm is 60 hp???