Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

SYCLONE#1531

'MOFOFAST
Just bought some nice ported Pontiac 23 degree heads with 1.5 / 1.6 Jessel rockers and matching Brodix intake!!! Heads have aprox 30 drag runs on them...Paid $860 for all shipped!:D Should have them by Monday! Just need to go through them and make them look new!

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5678TA

New member
Re: Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

nice find. what kinda times you shooting for? seems like a badass build up so far.
 

DanenGraham

Big in the rear
Re: Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

Very nice purchase price for the heads/intake/rockers. I just picked up the ones on here for over twice that price.

Look forward to seeing your build and times!
 

gt67sy

Member
Re: Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

Nice score as i have the same ones for my bowtie build. You have the two most important parts. The heads and matching intake are huge. I know alot of guys that get the heads and try for months to get a matching intake. I'm pretty sure those are the TD rockers not the jesels, but I could be wrong as my jesels are def different and brand new. Do you know what CC they are they orginally came in two different sizes? Also what size valves are in them? These heads with make enough power to run into the 8's other then 18 degree stuff or Harmon crazy splayed valve head it doesnt get better then these. Only other thing that hurts the wallet is the custom headers that you will need. You will also need an adjustable collar on ur distributor. Great score and good luck with them. They are a badass head and pretty rare. Have any questions let me know FYI the intake also comes very close to hitting on 2.5 goodmark cowl hood.
 
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THEMADTYPH00N

Active member
Re: Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

Nice find. I would have all that mocked up before you put any money into it. It is very common for those heads and especially the intakes to be milled to the point that they are unusable for our applications. Sometimes this can be fixed by adding a spacer plate to the intake surface.
 

Windedv6

Ty n 10s
Re: Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

What he said^^^^^^

Also, depending if you plan to use them for their potential, you will need to set them up differently than they are currently. The springs will probably not be the correct ones for your cam even if you go to a solid cam. The retainers look like titanium, so good score there. The valves, if titanium, will need to be replaced, if not both, at least the exhaust. If not titanium they will need to be replaced as they are probably not high temp valves. The blue rockers are an older vintage Jesel made back in the mid 80s. The newer upgraded styles came out in 1994. These were clear anodized. You should send them to jesel and have them rebuilt if they have not been recently. Check the valve guides for size as most of the circle trackers open up the guides for high rpm and less friction. They didn't care if they burned some oil on race day vs more hp. You may not like it on the street. You can have inserts put in to get them to spec. Also be careful if it has expoxy in the runners. Many NA setups had expoxy in the runniers to help flow. Under high heat turbo applications the expoxy can come loose and play havoc with your turbo wheel.

I usually purchase used ported race heads/ intake setups in the $1,000 to $1,500 range then spend another $2,000 to $3,000 to rebuild them correctly and get them setup for injectors. You did good on the price, but be careful as to how they are setup and how you are going to be using them. There are a lot of older Bowtie parts being passed off as the high dollar Nascar stuff. Even Nascar stuff wears, breaks and can trash a motor. The older stuff is still great, but needs rebuilt just like anything else.

John
 

SYCLONE#1531

'MOFOFAST
Re: Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

I had planned to replace all of the valves, guides if needed, springs . Also my dad owns a heavy equipment diesel engine machine shop so any machine work they need will be on him. Def will need to be resurfaced!!! Any idea on the cam duration at .050 and lift/ lobe sep a combo like this will like?
 

Windedv6

Ty n 10s
Re: Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

Any idea on the cam duration at .050 and lift/ lobe sep a combo like this will like?

Depends on the turbo and if you are mostly running at the track or on the street. Do you kinow what the heads flow. I am guessing around 315-320 at .650 lift if they have a decent port job and a correct valve job. What size valves?
 

ZR1_170

Member
Re: Scored PONTIAC HEADS / INTAKE!!

Looks like race car stuff to me lol. All this to out run a old classic Dodge :p
 
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