They are bare untouched heads .. hence the price ... the valve covers alone are every bit of $200
if they had valves and added springs / retainers the price would reflect this ..
Champs are $1600 + the wait , TA are even more ... + add valve covers and your probably close to $1800-2K
The reason I got these was I wanted to select my own choice of parts ( valves, springs, retainers .. etc etc ) instead of using what the suppliers just threw on there.