[DeTomaso] A3 heads

[Steve Hawkins]

I picked some up about a year ago for $1,500 ready to bolt on.

Steve

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:18 PM
To: pantera at fastcat.se; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A3 heads


In a message dated 5/24/09 1:15:16 PM, pantera at fastcat.se writes:

> How rare are the A3 heads and how much are a set worth?
> 
Lets put it this way: mine were cast in 1982-'83 for SVO/Ford, for pro 
track racing- maybe by Allan Root who's out of business. No one knows how
many 
were made but they have the largest ports of the 9 different SVO aluminum 
heads ever sold. The last time I saw a set for sale, they were $2000 bare. 
Biggest problem is, being used race parts, swap-meet heads were often
reworked 
for some special purpose like 410 inch dirt track alcohol motors and may be 
drilled for extra injectors, ported to within a millimeter of falling thru 
the port walls, or came off an engine that let go at 10,000 rpms... With 
aluminum, anything's fixable but ideally you'd like to not spend $500 more
on 
TIG-welding damage or mistakes. I think Larry Stock still has a 
brand-new-in-the-box pair for sale at PPC-Reno; dunno what he's asking so be
sitting down 
when you call. Good luck- J Deryke


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