Has ANYONE driven their 350 with the aluminum heads?

At wot there shouldn't be any blah. Hook is not the best word for it, but noticeably better since there's barely any tread left on the Coopers. No use racing anyone 1/4 way down the track. Gotta get this worked out.

Then there's Mart's
Stroked
Higher comp.
Bigger cam
200-4r
4:10
ET Street slicks

Not scared to run. Ill run anyone when I get it dialed in. Just sayin a little bit of an advantage

 

LOLOL, I was adjusting my power seat to get comfy

 

He can't drive besides he will be spinning tires and you will be Stormin away lol

 

Just for looks mouse motor....
& iron heads that don't flow...

 

I like to refer to the 350 as a big small block

 

the answer is no...

to the title got money no production

 

Someone give me their 350 heads, i got a dyno date set for the 10th of april, i'll provide back to back testing lol
well, baseline with stock irons, and then a month or so later with aluminums.

I'll give em back i swear.

 

I would have better luck putting in a V6 Turbo motor before waiting to see when those 350 heads will be put back into production.
Would have better looks than sticking in a LS motor, which is becoming a thought since you really can't do anything with this 350 performance wise anymore.

Now you gonna tell me 350 heads are available but can't get them because we need something to restart this.
This should have been done between the years 2000-2005
this is what has happened by waiting to long.
actually sorry to see this happen should have made the 350 heads right after the first run of the 455 heads.

 

From last I heard TA has the heads, they’re just not moving.
The “Something” to restart this is TA,
We all know about the 455 heads, intakes, timing covers, and such, but TA DOES NOT PROMOTE 350 PERFORMANCE!
Buick didn’t promote a Hi-Perf 350 either, it’s like the 350 was Buicks bread and butter engine and they didn’t wanna mess with it.
The 455 got the attention due to its 105 cubic inch advantage over the 350, honestly that’s all it has over the 350, aside from the prodigious torque, but the oiling issues and block integrity are downsides to me.
I want to know what “out of the box” 350 aluminum heads bolted to a mild N/A 350 build will do in the quarter mile compared to a “personal best” from the same car with its iron heads.
TA has to do this, they have the resources right there, pallets of heads, and I’m sure there are a few Skylarks there.
I’m not interested in mystical wizardry porting, billet cranks, jock straps, or turbos on the block, I wanna hear about a working man’s build, something realistic to 99.9% of us.

 

I'd love to have a set, but the price is higher than the big block heads. If I'm going to put way more power into my 4-speed car, it might as well be a 455. I have everything but headers and that wouldn't stop me if I decide to do it.

 

I’d love a set too for 895.00 for a pair

 

Interesting.. I was just talking to Mike T the other day, he said they have sold over 50 sets of the 350 Alum head now..

JW

 

I've got headers, home made exhaust TA intake, 3.0 hyperutectic pistons, 310 cam and a qjet in a daily driven 85 regal. Drive it every day except the most severe snow. Then I drive my k1500.

Stock iron heads with a valve job, stock rockers, stock valves, comp 980 springs with the guides cut for smaller seals. Very repeatable setup, put it together for around $1500 a few years ago in my father's unpowered garage.


If you couldn't tell, I really want to try out the heads.

I'd pay rent on em lol

 

I’m with yah!
As I’ve mentioned awhile back, I had a sizable deposit on ‘em with extras added to the heads, I had nearly two years to think about it, the cost and the need, well common sense took over.
The cost was crazy stupid for my use, and the need for high buck heads on my heavy, moderate geared (non race) GS didn’t make sense for the money involved.
That’s the thing, it’s all in the timing of things, you gotta get people’s money while they’re excited about a product before they have time to think of the practicality of things.
At least that’s how I view it.
I’m sure other 350 guys have moved on or passed

 

You forgot about the "cool" factor......

 

Its weird that Mike at TA started the company to make a AL intake for his 350 because no one made one at the time.
Why he won't promote 350 performance then I don't know?

 

Jim, I hang on your every word when it comes to Buicks or any motor really.
I thought he only had around 50 cast sets of the AL 350 heads total.. How could that be if he's looking for someone to machine them?

 

It would help IMMENSELY if TA would reply on here.
I like TA, and I’ll continue to buy Buick engine parts when I need to, no hard feelings towards them.
I’m just curious did they sell all the heads? They still on a pallet needing final machining?
What EXACTLY is going on with the heads?
IF they did sell all 50 or whatever sets, who’s running them?
Why haven’t we heard anything from users? Either “not much difference” OR, “WOW, this thing flys, I’m in the high 12’s with a shitty gear”
It’s like POOF, a dream that never happened.

 

That is what I thought too guys.. pallet of heads waiting to be machined, but no buyers... we were having a discussion about parts in general, and I mentioned that the 350 heads seemed to be a bust.. he then replied that they had sold 50 sets now, and told me a story about a guy running them in a dirt track car I believe..

If your curious, pick up the phone and call him and ask.. he won't bite..

We are all become too dependent on social media. Sometimes you just got to go old school, and pick up the phone and make a call.. talk to a real person.

480-922-6807

JW

 

I think that is just simple economics.. The natural desire of a drag racer is to go faster, and to do that, we go to a bigger engine first, and then modify it.. that's the history of hot rodding, more or less.. so the big block is where the sales are. 350 Buicks are a bit of a cult following.

Although Mike swears that he sells more of his original 350 dual plane manifold, than any big block manifold.. I think that is because of the wide and varied usage of the 350 Buick up until 1980, in Jeeps and other vehicles. Problem is, many of those guys are individuals who might by a manifold, but they are not going to dig into the motor farther than that, so the part demand starts and ends with the intake.

I will tell you that here at TSP, I get 50 calls for big motors, for every one guy that wants me to do a 350.. although I do have a couple of them going together right now. 2 350's and half a dozen big motors.. one 350 in here for diagnosis and repair, 3 big blocks here or coming for the same thing..

That's just how it is..

JW