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Old 04-25-2017, 10:50 AM   #1
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Default Wilson & woods heads

What is the back story on these?

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They have been around for some time, I used to see them on E***. I seem to remember that at one time they were trying to sell the manufacturing molds for them as well as all the remaining inventory. I don't know the specs but they seemed to be used for heavily modified, high performance, custom flatheads.
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Does it say how much they want for them? Wondering if they are some really high priced heads or normal flatty prices?
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Old 04-25-2017, 01:58 PM   #4
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It SEEMS like I remember them being priced around $1,500-ish / pair several years back when the whole operation was up for grabs. Definitely "premium" pieces! DD
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H&H will be selling them soon.

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Trivia: Ken's heads were named after his two dogs, Wilson and Woods. True story.
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I thought the combustion chambers were not much different than the Edelbrock heads. Alittle thought process could have made then more efficent, like place the spark plug in the transfer area and shape it for better flow. But??
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I thought the combustion chambers were not much different than the Edelbrock heads. Alittle thought process could have made then more efficent, like place the spark plug in the transfer area and shape it for better flow. But??




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Old 04-27-2017, 09:17 AM   #9
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I can't wait. I am going to pick up the patterns today
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