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Originally Posted by hardtimes
Hey Purdy,
Some sweet talker...talked me out of a lion head 3, which was about 2002 vintage. That 7:1 head was all of about 55 lbs of cast iron and ran very strong on my engine configuration.
Well, I now am running a 6:1 Snyder that is fairly new (1 to 3 yrs old). Anyway, looks stock alright , but it had two hairline cracks between water jacket holes. Must have been casting defect. Anyway, head repair shop said...not concerning, but I do not like loose ends,eh ! So, I had those fixed and the mating surface flattened. I'm pleasantly surprised that my B likes to run it hard !
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The Snyder 6 to 1 heads did have some problems at first. The most that I heard was about the heads being too thick for the head nuts to tighten past the top of the studs. There is a saying about the first pancakes off the griddle. Hopefully the problems have been solved, most of the higher compression heads of all brands had one problem or another at first. I figure that a 5.5 or a 6.0 head would have better driveability than the higher compression heads. The higher compression versions would have more problems with spark control in trying to avoid pings and timing knocks. My 5.9s run good with full advance at speed.