Fair price for EAB heads.

[Tim Ayers]

Still cleaning up for the move. Found a pair of real nice EAB heads. I know some guys like to run these instead of aluminum. What is a fair price for a nice clean set?

Thanks.

Tim

 

[Ol' Ron]

Should be worth a 100 bucks, unfortunately, shipping would be$$$$$ If you are close by just drop them off.

 

[Shadetree]

I found a set of 8BA heads at Hershey that had been blasted, magnufluxed, resurfaced and ready for paint for $100. I figured it would cost nearly that to have my old heads made ready with the possibiity of a crack in one or both.

 

[Dale Fairfax]

I've seen scroungy ones a swap meets for $25. I told the vendors to clean 'em up and ask $50-$75

 

[deadelvis2000]

They come and go in popularity. You may want to list them on the HAMB but I would say 50-100 bucks is about right.

DE2K

 

[Tim Ayers]

Thanks for the info, folks.

 

[John R]

Tim,
Price could depend greatly on whether or not they've been resurfaced (and how much was taken off).

 

[Karl Wolf]

You can determine how much material has been removed by measuring across the recess in the head... I think that the original width is the same as the cylinder bore, 3 3/16". This has been my experience...
Karl

 

[JWL]

No, the dome of the EAB head is much smaller than the bore diameter. They are not like other Ford heads in that regard.

 

[Tim Ayers]

Thanks again, folks. They've found a new home in NJ.

 

[HCO41]

I'd like to tack this on since it's subject comes closest to my question. While the EAB head keeps boiling to the top choice for stock or slightly modified engines, I wonder if the Mercury EAC heads have the same advantages?

 

[louisb]

Here is a thread on the HAMB discussing the EAB vs the EAC.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-76445.html


Thanks,

--louis

 

[Ol' Ron]

I think the EAC is the same as the 8RT heads. However, I don't trust charts back a few years ago when I was writing my book I measures heads as large as 115cc's. I had a list, but it got lost in the move with most of everything else.

 

[HCO41]

Would it make any sense to know the "stock" dimension from a head bolt boss to the finished surface? I was thinking of a simple tool, like a cut off bolt, that could be used to check a head for evidence of modifications. If a small flat plate was used on the finished surface, milling as little as .010 could be observed. Comments?

 

[Ross F-1]

Easy to judge how much they've been cut by looking on the CC side at the thermostat boss. There is a ledge on an uncut head, by about 30 - 40 thou the cutter is into the housing.

See here: http://flatheadsrus.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3538&p=22813