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Indy-Brocks

Posted By: harborracer

Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 03:27 AM

When a set of heads is referred to as Indy-Brocks does this mean they are Eldelbrock heads then sent to Indy for porting?
Posted By: joshking440

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 03:29 AM

Never ever ever is a set of heads referred to as Indy-Brock's.
Posted By: joshking440

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 03:31 AM

But, if you want to talk about the Indy T/A heads, which start life as a raw bare small block edelbrock casting and the fitted with big block Mopar rockers and no push rod pinch area line a typical small block and can flow over 300 Cfm then I can help ya there.
Posted By: CRIKEY

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 03:39 AM

Yes they are bare edelbrock castings remachined & fitted out at ICH.
Commonly refered to as Indy-Brocks
Posted By: viperblue72

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 10:34 AM

Indybrocks aren't just ported. The pushrod holes are moved out to get rid of the pinch, and big block rockers are used. Some people say they don't flow anymore than a fully ported edelbrock, but in my experience, I gained a few tenths going from ported eddies, to the now called t/a head.
Posted By: SpareParts

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 12:49 PM

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But, if you want to talk about the Indy T/A heads, which start life as a raw bare small block edelbrock casting and the fitted with big block Mopar rockers and no push rod pinch area line a typical small block and can flow over 300 Cfm then I can help ya there.



Yeah dude, Indy-Brocks that's what my dad calls his anyway.
Posted By: B G Racing

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 03:19 PM

If Josh says there are no such thing as Indy-Brocks then he is correct,he would know.I apologize to all my customers for referring to them as Indy-Brocks in the past and will correct my verbage to Edelbrocks done by Indy."The luck of the draw"
Posted By: sixpackgut

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 03:24 PM

maybe we can start calling the Elindys but it doesnt sound no where as good as Indybrocks
Posted By: pittsburghracer

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 03:29 PM

At least we didn't call them Brockindy. That sounds like a movie star.
Posted By: B G Racing

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 03:43 PM

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At least we didn't call them Brockindy. That sounds like a movie star.




John,I guess we shouldn't referr to them as Indy-Brocks anymore and just as Edelbrock heads that can be purchased from Indy and many other sources since the"Indy Messiah" has spoken and we are only pawns sitting at a card table and subject to "the luck of the draw"I'am holding Aces and Eights
Posted By: skrews

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 04:46 PM

I call mine fixer uppers.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 05:15 PM

my 408 sure likes them!
Posted By: dusturbd340W5

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 11:48 PM

my 416 made just shy of 650hp with a set of them there indybrocks
Posted By: viperblue72

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/04/13 11:56 PM

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If Josh says there are no such thing as Indy-Brocks then he is correct,he would know.I apologize to all my customers for referring to them as Indy-Brocks in the past and will correct my verbage to Edelbrocks done by Indy."The luck of the draw"



Well I guess there is no such thing as an indybrock, and we aren't allowed to call them that anymore.
Posted By: joshking440

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 01:23 AM

Indy Brock could mean any edelbrock head we sell.


I bet I spend 1 hour a week alone explaining to people that just because they bought edelbrock heads from us that they are anything other than just a standard edelbrock.



So to avoid future confusion for people the T/A head should marketed better.
Posted By: Quicktree

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 01:28 AM

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Indy Brock could mean any edelbrock head we sell.


I bet I spend 1 hour a week alone explaining to people that just because they bought edelbrock heads from us that they are anything other than just a standard edelbrock.



So to avoid future confusion for people the T/A head should marketed better.

so whats the difference in the heads?
Posted By: joshking440

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 01:23 PM

Well I guess the best way to explain the difference is that its an aluminum true T/A Head.

The pushrod is not in the port at all, we get the castings raw, so its easy for us to relocate the pushrod and remove all the unnecessary material from the intake ports.

We also machine the rocker stands differently as to accept any standard set of big block rockers.

Add the CNC porting and you get a small block head that will flow over 300 real easy and is reasonably priced
Posted By: fasthawk6

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 09:39 PM

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Indybrocks aren't just ported. The pushrod holes are moved out to get rid of the pinch, and big block rockers are used. Some people say they don't flow anymore than a fully ported edelbrock, but in my experience, I gained a few tenths going from ported eddies, to the now called t/a head.



Glad to hear that setup worked out for you.
Posted By: AndyF

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 09:45 PM

It is a clever idea. If the Mopar engineers had done that trick years ago they could've added performance without adding much cost. Using the BB rocker arms is a cost effective trick.
Posted By: jamesc

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 09:50 PM

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Indy Brock could mean any edelbrock head we sell.


I bet I spend 1 hour a week alone explaining to people that just because they bought edelbrock heads from us that they are anything other than just a standard edelbrock.



So to avoid future confusion for people the T/A head should marketed better.




though that was your job
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 10:31 PM

But Josh,

That confused me, When I read you called them T/A heads, I assumed that INDY is recasting the old T/A head. So the IndyBrock T/A would make more sence to me, I guess.....

Since a true T/A head is cast iron, and has OE part numbers on them.

Posted By: pittsburghracer

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 11:31 PM

I hope they paid mopar for patent right abuse.
Posted By: Mopar-Al

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/05/13 11:37 PM

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I hope they paid mopar for patent right abuse.



For using the name T/A ? or Wedge?
Posted By: pittsburghracer

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/06/13 12:02 AM

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I hope they paid mopar for patent right abuse.



For using the name T/A ? or Wedge?




Boff of them. You know Boff don't younz. He's a distant relative of "that guy"
Posted By: ccarson

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/06/13 12:09 AM

Bob Mullins did the same thing about 1972
Posted By: joshking440

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/06/13 12:52 AM

Ok so getting past what it's called. Lets move on to how it's a pretty damn fine cylinder head for the money
Posted By: 5spdcuda

Re: Indy-Brocks - 03/06/13 02:13 AM

Josh I think it is a good cost effective head especially if you don't already have a decent set of rockers, shafts and hold downs. That's the main reason I bought mine rather than buying the standard Eddys. I can't remember exactly when I bought mine, but it was quite some time ago. Probably around '04/'05. The only thing I would suggest is to use better valves if you're still using the same ones that came with mine. Durability was fine , but they sure were heavy and not as well shaped as they could have been. I replaced them with PBM's a year ago when I freshened up the valve job. As I am sure you know PBM's are reasonably priced,no doubt even more so when you're talking about the quanities Indy can buy. The PBM's were 21 grams lighter on the intakes and 11 on the exhausts. With Indy's valves the engine was done at 6200 rpm. With the PBM's and the same springs it's bouncing off the rev limiter at 6600 and would easily do more if I moved the limiter up.
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