By reading that John it almost sounds like you dont think the guy is being truthful....or knows what he has. With that id like to see pics of the current small block procomp heads with trashed guides, Front, back, ex side, and intake side please.

And I will say PLEASE as well.

What it really comes down to imo, folks migh just buy the china castings and do your work and source your own parts.... its not that hard.


If the folks who simply buy the castings and put there names on them would be more upfront on every aspect of the product from castings, springs to valves as well as part numbers like edelbrock does they would sell more heads because the dyi guys will still do there own thing.


If I had a superior import cast head that was really different from the others Id have every other look alike torn down, cut up on my website to show "my" casting was really different from the rest.

But at the end of the day, most are drinking from the same well.

Maybe... all of these heads (Speedmaster, ProMaxx, Airwolf, etc.) could all be manufactured at the same factory or factories in China.
The head companies just place orders and have their name put on a box, or etched into the end of the head.


https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/S...4857.0.0.wvmncJ

Same for the big block casting out there. I bought some PC vectors after speaking with Jeff at MCH. He advised that the castings were decent but to buy them bare and build them using good valves, springs, etc.

That would be my thought as well.

When given an reasonable option I will always put our own people to work..

People can believe whatever they want to.......but I know for a FACT that ProMaxx heads are machined and assembled here in the states. Guess I should have taken a picture of the pallets of raw castings to prove it. So while it IS an offshore casting.....it is NOT a China machined and assembled head with ProMaxx etched on the end.

ProMaxx is owned by Jason Collins. Former IHRA Pro-Stock racer and also owns the track in Steele Alabama. He bought the company from Mart Witt. It started out as Alabama Cylinder head and they mostly did refurbishes on stock stuff. Marty worked for ACH and pushed the owner to get into performance stuff, which they did and renamed the company Patriot Performance. When owner retired, Marty bought company. He and Jason have always been close friends and when Marty wanted out, Jason bought it. Last time I was there, Marty was still running the shop, but not sure he still is. As I said before, they have state of the art equipment and guys who know how to run it.

To prove the quality of the castings, Marty ran his own heads on his twin turbo, big block Chevy, drag radial car. They were off the shelf water castings and he runs 50 lbs of boost. Car has been 4 teens on a radial

That was such a good post you had to say it twice. Lol. It comes down to some guys are happy running 12's, some 11's, some 10's, some 9's and some are always searching. I'm a budget racer that loves testing and pushing so I will have a couple of sets soon running in the 9's and pushing for more

Lol... Nah.... Just back in from being out on the lake. 95 degrees today, and the water is 86. Little too much sun I think.
Nobody says they may not be good, at any power level, just long term dependability seems to be the concern. I think it's a valid concern at this point in time. Don't you?