That is some beautiful work there joe , Ed's work is always above and beyond in my opinion and he really knows where to find horsepower and get the most out of something I think your going to have one stout motor, good luck with your build thanks for sharing this with us

The deshrouding really helps, I was delighted that the MoPar Performance aluminum Magnum heads I bought already ported and prepped had that expertly done to them! The exhaust ports weren't as deluxe as my head porter does them, but still very nice. The flow numbers reflect it, too! Your heads look amazing Joe and kudos to Ed for another fantastic job!! RB

Looks good Brother! Going to make that 400 run!

Supposed to be the King of the American dream aftermarket of bolt on, horsepower and simplicity of the job for the money. I was a big fan of the day Victor Jr. intake of there's for years and now I have learned that you are not getting your money's worth. A investment like that and the work that you are having to do is mind blowing.

Nice work , all those cuts have got to make a substantial increase in flow .

Awesome extremely precise!

Those head look great, really nice work yall did to them. That 400 will be a ripper!!

Pulled the cork out of them quite a bit. Should make good all around power

Great video Joe. I really like the walk through and the editing. I am excited for you. Going to be nice. Thanks for sharing Joe. Take care, Ed.

Fantastic job ED !

Great work Ed.

I really like watching Ed do his magic !!! Good stuff.

Seems as though you will get some decent gain from "bolt on". Thanks Joe🤙

Good video as always joe! I swear you teach me something new every video!

Loved watching Ed work his magic on those heads. Looks real good!!

Good Stuff Joe! 👍

Those chambers are nice! Ed does some great work

I'm glued to this build Joe. Planning my 400 so thanks for leading the way!

Patience . That is something You and Ed have in common . You both keep after it until it’s right !

Looks good Joe!

very nice joe!

Love to watch the machine work beautiful set of heads would fit perfectly on my 69 valiant 440 thanks for sharing

That 400 is going to rev like crazy. Can't wait to hear it. 💥

Ed is a dying breed…not many youths taking up the machinist trade. Thanks Ed for showing us what quality workmanship looks like! Joe as always thanks for keeping it real! You got this 500+HP!!

I love seeing the product of Ed's work! Its always amazing what really F'ing good machinists can pull off and something tells me that the job he did on that set of heads wasn't even his top notch premium price work.

Great work done, I'm sure you will reach your target, aspecialy with those head's, I suppose those head's were within spec but they must have a large spec range, after seeing those head's, thanks for the update, can't wait to see it ripping down the track, all the best to you and your loved ones

Can't wait to hear it run

It's amazing in this day and age that much improving still needs to be done on brand new heads. Looking forward to seeing your 400 getting finished. Love your vids! I always liked to get the rotating assembly balanced, and get all the oil passages on the crank chamfered, and the heads nice and squared away like you did.

that is real dedication to the craft. interesting to see.

Dropping off a pair of speedmaster heads at the machine shop tomorrow and this video pops up on my timeline tonight!! Thanks for the great video Joe my heads are probably gonna need a loooot of work done to them

Yes I agree. Deshrouding the valves is one of the best improvements you can make on a set of heads. Pocket bowl blending is another one.

Man those heads look beautiful!

You hit the nail right on the head there Joe. No matter who made the heads, or where those heads are made. Always order them Bare. Like my machinist here said. They ALL need work, just some need more than others. Good stuff, and a big nod to Ed for the great work he did.

Attention to detail is the key to at least 500 hp those heads look awesome now.😎

Here in Germany most machine shops take 300 Euros per hour so doing most by hand is the only way to go except you are restoring an Aston Martin or someting hyper exclusive. In Poland there are pretty decent affordable machine shops!

Great video. I'm about to test out some 440 Source heads (CNC ported version) in my Super Bee I'm building. Lots of time to get that car on the road. Did a nut and bolt and rotisserie restoration. I wanted Trick Flows or Edelbrocks, but during the pandemic, they were the only heads available, so here goes!

The BIG advantage these heads have right off the bat vs. most other "budget" 440 style heads is the modern "Heart" chamber shape. Getting away from the old school ""Bathtub " shape puts these E street heads miles ahead of say a 440 source, Promaxx or 84cc Edelbrok RPM head. These came out beautifully Joe. Ed's attention to detail and his level of care when machining are impressive.

Finally found a Mopar lover and someone who understands what it takes to squeeze a big block. The valve work is spot on and the heads beautiful. My first car back in 1975 was a 67 Coronet with a 383 and the car banged every gear like driving railroad spikes, been a fan ever since.

Ed does amazing work those heads turned out great. It’s sad what happened to edelbrock after Vic died bolt on ready is not so much a thing anymore

that is a great job !!

Nice work on these heads Joe. Equalizing the chambers can only lead to max flow and the results will be more HP and torque. I love this build.

Those are looking nice.

I'd like to have everything you've had done to those heads to my original 452's for my 400. I bet the difference would be amazing!!! Great job and Ed seems like he's the man....💯😎

I used some out of the box Edelbrock heads on my 440 for about 4 years had no trouble with the guides being too tight even though they probably were. And that included a 190 shot of nitrous about 80% of the time, I'm sure they would have been better with some prep but the ones I used were one of the very first sets available when they came out

Joe, I am JEALOUS...... The big question is, how much additional work, (time and money), ~V~ a set of AFR or other heads??? Very nice work on those heads.... I'd love to know what they flow!!

Great video, Surprised to hear a Mopar guy say Joe Mondello.

Can't wait to see that 400 in action.

You bet I'll be following Joe.

nice job bro

Good stuff. Right where I’ve been living, as you know, although I admit you’re a little bit on the higher end of the financial scale from what I’m doing.😂😂 Great video. I am definitely enjoying this series.

Those heads look legit now! 500hp shouldn't be a problem!

Very nice looking heads Joe. Just curious how much did the machine work cost you sir??

I used these same heads on my 500 build, I kinda wish I cleaned them up like you did.

I knew that you were going to get to this sooner or later. Awesome.

👍💪

I'm not sure if I agree with leaving the intake ports slightly rough though. I personally like to take 400 grit sandpaper on the tip of my finger and mirror polish the intakes, as well as the exhaust ports, but that's just me...

Compound angles are impossible to do with a cutter. What I focus on is opening that combustion chamber intake clearance [from about 9 o'clock to 12] like a scroll housing, but as it goes around, it also has to lay back. The cutter here comes pretty close to a perfect: that 9-10 area generally demands some compromises, either caused by gasket choice or core shift. Guide hone? I'm more happy to see those arrive a touch tight than not, so they can be matched for the valves used. Are 11/32 valves shipped 0.342" or 0.344" ? Could matter a whole lot. Anyway, buy new heads and step 1 is disassembly and inspection - there's always something to touch up.

Think I'll be looking at some Aluminum small block heads sorta kinda soon.

Please, Tell Us How Much Did this Cost For All This Work, I Love His Precision

It sounds good out of the box but doing port work and valve job is better when done by someone you trust. Quality ain't what it use to be , with bare heads you get better choice of valve train combo.

Very impressive work Joe !!! Where is Ed Located and can I ship a set of heads to him or call and then make arrangements?? Thank you Joe n always learn and enjoy from your videos.

Icing on the 400 !

Pretty

Thats a lot of extra finish work, did Edelbrock give you a discount? I’ll stick with my iron heads. They my need more work, but I’ll be ahead the cost of the aluminum heads.

How big is the head gasket (diameter) vs the bore? Gotta watch as many head gaskets are much bigger then bore diameter and depending on the engine you may create other problems if the chamber is now “bigger” the the bore because now the airflow is slamming into the deck of the block….

Tying to turn them into trick flow heads

I bought some cheaply made heads for my c4 corvette. The heads were bent 2.6mm between in the middle when I placed them together. I torqued the mid bolts first, so I could find out how much torque was wasted to make them flat. The heads are the crappy Edelbrock RPM, Poorly made in the U S A.

Just out of curiosity what kind of money do you have in them heads with the purchase and machine work?

Did you do flow test pre and post work?

How’s the cost to benefit ratio for “cleaning” the heads compared to off the shelf?

It would be nice to see if this thing was on the dyno

I find these e street heads are like Russian roulette used a few and had some that were pretty good and some that were terrible

How much did this cost you in addition to the head cost?

Edelbrock shipped those for install? Bad guides, no clearancing, poor head surface, rough cast chambers? Why install the valves?

Lesson learned for me; if the expensive require all that machine work why not start with less expensive heads?

Wouldn't it have been better to scribe to the cylinder bore?

Joe , good video < check out the youtube channel " Erick Weingartner " , he does a lot on porting and cylinder head flow - pretty interesting . Secondly it is pretty hard to avoid chinese made stuff today but when the choice is easy I go American made . It is hard to find a crank for instance not forged in china but stuff like heads and intakes it is pretty easy . just my opinion

Good heads cost $$ one way or another

Ed still doing cylinder heads...

2" in 1.78 out valves?

The big block Mopar is a big block with small block heads; All torque no power .

How much. Hp did this build turn out to be

It’s a shame, Joe pay all that money for aluminum heads, and then you gotta take them to the machine shop and get it worked out or ready to go.

Your increasing your combustion chamber size as well slightly.. edit you got around to that 😂

Get Brodix and everything is perfect :-) Never buy Edelbrock they have Chinese castings assembled in USA and the Valves seem to be chinese imports too! The valve seats are not sealing porperly ot of the box! AFR is better and even Trick Flow are better!