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Re: B1 head porting [Re: coronetville] #842034 10/31/10 10:23 PM 10/31/10 10:23 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,590 Indy J joshking440 Lunch is on me!
joshking440 Lunch is on me! J Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,590 Indy	Quote: It was Radar at R&J performance 319 988 3595 [Cedar Falls IA.] who designed and built the B-1 heads. He charges 1200.00 dollars to CNC port the heads. So If you want to go to the man who knows.......

Re: B1 head porting [Re: joshking440] #842035 10/31/10 10:32 PM 10/31/10 10:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club
WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH	Quote: Quote: It was Radar at R&J performance 319 988 3595 [Cedar Falls IA.] who designed and built the B-1 heads. He charges 1200.00 dollars to CNC port the heads. So If you want to go to the man who knows.......

Re: B1 head porting [Re: WILD BILL] #842036 10/31/10 11:12 PM 10/31/10 11:12 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 266 iowa R rook440 enthusiast
rook440 enthusiast R Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 266 iowa	my vote is with Radar at R&J ...great guy ,,,,he rocks ....

Re: B1 head porting [Re: WILD BILL] #842037 10/31/10 11:58 PM 10/31/10 11:58 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,590 Indy J joshking440 Lunch is on me!
joshking440 Lunch is on me! J Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,590 Indy	Quote: Quote: Quote: It was Radar at R&J performance 319 988 3595 [Cedar Falls IA.] who designed and built the B-1 heads. He charges 1200.00 dollars to CNC port the heads. So If you want to go to the man who knows....... 6278754-klinger.jpg (124 downloads)

Re: B1 head porting [Re: rook440] #842038 11/01/10 02:10 PM 11/01/10 02:10 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 781 MD HEMI472 super stock
HEMI472 super stock Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 781 MD	Did you try Best Machine? or ray barton?

Re: B1 head porting [Re: HEMI472] #842039 11/01/10 06:57 PM 11/01/10 06:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 26,015 United Socialist States of Ame... T tboomer Too Many Posts
tboomer Too Many Posts T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 26,015 United Socialist States of Ame...	When did Radar get a CNC machine? Last I knew,everything was done by hand yet...For the guys that do not know Radar...Roger Lechtenberg...He is quite versed in cylinder head work...Just ask John Force or Kenny Bernstein...He used to do heads for those guys...At this time he is heavily involved with the S&S Pro Stock bikes... Need your rear end checked out? Contact Grizzly!!

Re: B1 head porting [Re: coronetville] #842040 11/01/10 08:20 PM 11/01/10 08:20 PM
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B1Fish540 master Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,840 Flint, Michigan	Quote: It was Radar at R&J performance 319 988 3595 [Cedar Falls IA.] who designed and built the B-1 heads. He charges 1200.00 dollars to CNC port the heads. So If you want to go to the man who knows....... The Koffels hired him to design the B1s? This is going back too far for me(to remember), but I would be interested to know who did it...since it has become a timeless design, imo.

Re: B1 head porting [Re: tboomer] #842041 11/01/10 08:20 PM 11/01/10 08:20 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,752 detroit area M moderncylinder top fuel
moderncylinder top fuel M Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,752 detroit area	i did heads for force and bernstein too,,, hand ported,, in 1990.... doesnt make me a great head porter... ill remove myself from the list of guys mentioned on this post to say this so im not biased.. by FAR radar is the best, my workmanship is the same as his,,, just about as good as it gets there are guys that port heads and guys who are head porters,,, he is a head porter best machine doesnt port heads,, they send them out

Re: B1 head porting [Re: moderncylinder] #842042 11/01/10 08:32 PM 11/01/10 08:32 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 781 MD HEMI472 super stock
HEMI472 super stock Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 781 MD	best machine doesnt port heads,, they send them out well who does them

Re: B1 head porting [Re: HEMI472] #842043 11/01/10 08:33 PM 11/01/10 08:33 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,752 detroit area M moderncylinder top fuel
moderncylinder top fuel M Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,752 detroit area	i did them,,,,, then et performance did them,, now... i dont know

Re: B1 head porting [Re: moderncylinder] #842044 11/01/10 09:53 PM 11/01/10 09:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina STEFF master
STEFF master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,874 Smyrna, South Carolina	I had a set of Jeff's B1 Orginals. They worked great!!

Re: B1 head porting [Re: B1Fish540] #842045 11/02/10 10:10 PM 11/02/10 10:10 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 621 Iowa C coronetville mopar
coronetville mopar C Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 621 Iowa	How far do you want to go back? Since I'm an old fart, I can tell you what I know! Roger Lecthenberg (Radar) worked for and was taught by Gary Ostrich at Ostrich Motors in Nevada IA. Who was Gary Ostrich, you asked? If you raced a Hemi in Nascar Racing or Drag Raced it probably came from Ostrich Motors in the 60's or 70's. They were absolutely the best at welding iron blocks and heads. Roger left and started R & J Performance with a guy named Pete (can't remember his last name). I heard they were designing a new aluminum head about 1990 and I bought one of the first sets. It was explained to me that it was basically adapting small block Chevy heads to a big block Mopar. What the B1 TS heads are adapting a big block Chevy to a Mopar. Anyway, Roger designed the B1 heads for some investors. (What I was told) He also carved the B1 intake manifold (single 4B) out of a solid block of wood. He now does the heads for Pro Stock Harleys. Also, I might add he does not have a CNC machine, but farms them out and then hand finishes them.

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