are they worth it?

[F1atlander]

i found a pair of full assembled procomp IRON heads for $200. ive been doin some research on the aluminum heads and didnt even know procomp made iron heads. they are 2.02 1.60 w/ screwin studs and some red aluminum roller rockers on em. im not tryin to start one of those "spend a couple hundred more and get some good afr heads" threads that are everywhere. but seriously, $200?!?!? the rockers and studs would cost that! and i know the risk of buying used heads but it will be worth the additional $75 to have em magnafluxed for cracks. anyone here used, using, or know someone that has had these on a car? i have big plans for this car but they will take time and money. but for now id like to get a lil more from this 302. the 351w and turbo are here but im waiting for the extra finances to cover all the other things to go with em.

small plans on the 302 are... the explorer intake that i have here, e-cam that i have here, the 150 shot thats allready on the car :angel4:, and possibly these heads. what do yall think bout this lil build? thanks in advance

 

[blackpony]

so long as they are good, i dont see why not. pretty much anything is better then the e7's you have now..

 

[Addermk2]

someone is getting rid of them so cheap for a reason.... find out what that reason is.

 

[Adam95GT]

Take a shot on them... take tap and die kit or a bolt or 2 and check the threads...Worst case you need the seats redone or something and your set back another $300ish... If you notice something wrong with them, pull the rockers sell them and chuck the heads in the scrap pile.

 

[got5.0]

someone is getting rid of them so cheap for a reason.... find out what that reason is.

exactly what I was thinking

 

[modo]

contact the seller and i would ask if you could pay to have them looked at by a machine shop before the purchase. id rather be out 100 bucks then 300, 200 + 100

.02

 

[F1atlander]

talked to the guy on the phone today. said he ran em for 2 years and now he is goin big block. he says i have to run a victor jr intake because the intake ports are to big for factory stuff. anyone heard of this? i plan on port matchin my explorer intake. oh and he is throughing in the washers to put the heads on a 302.

 

[Adam95GT]

talked to the guy on the phone today. said he ran em for 2 years and now he is goin big block. he says i have to run a victor jr intake because the intake ports are to big for factory stuff. anyone heard of this? i plan on port matchin my explorer intake. oh and he is throughing in the washers to put the heads on a 302.

So quickly searching i found the craigslist add... they dont look that great and if they were run for 2 years id want fresh seats... so your looking at $300 on top of that $275 or whatever he was asking... Not bad if they turn out to be good heads... You can buy them bare for about $400
http://www.themustangdepot.com/servlet/the-188/Pro-Comp-Bare-Iron/Detail

A few searches turn up bad things... if they were aluminum... or you need rockers id say do it... *shrug*
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/5-0-mustangs/139095-pro-comp-cylinder-heads.html
http://forums.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1167248

 

[94 DropTop]

I go for it. Have them cleaned up and throw them on.

 

[F1atlander]

i went ahead and took a chance on em. they look great. i have an explorer intake i planned on using with these but the top of the intake runner will only have about 3/16 of aluminum left to seal with the gasket. do yall think that will be enough? anyone heard of anyone using the explorer intake with procomp 190cc heads?

 

[CanaryGT]

"spend a couple hundred more and get some good afr heads"

Thats my suggestions.... :laughing5:

But seriously thats cool man let us know how it works out.

 

[F1atlander]

got em back from the machine shop today and they check out good (no cracks). guess im goin to try to make this explorer intake open up enough for these heads and put the e cam in it, then off to the track to see it there is a differance