Stock Heads

[ChrisCairns]

Are stock 8445 heads worth anything? Got 3 pairs but with freight so outrageous expensive I wonder.

Thanks, Chris

 

[earlbrown]

Not really. Those castings were used on all 3.8's for a few years.


Supposedly the exhaust valves are upgraded, but those usually get tossed during a performance rebuild so it's a moot point. Everything else is plain ole Buick parts.

That being said, if they aren't worth selling, throw them in the attic. 50 years from now they might be a barn find!

 

[ChrisCairns]

Not really. Those castings were used on all 3.8's for a few years.


Supposedly the exhaust valves are upgraded, but those usually get tossed during a performance rebuild so it's a moot point. Everything else is plain ole Buick parts.

That being said, if they aren't worth selling, throw them in the attic. 50 years from now they might be a barn find!

I appreciate your opinion. I kinda thought that might be the way it was. Cept I'm now 70 and may not make it to 120.

 

[earlbrown]

sounds like a good excuse to hang around till 120 then!

 

[chopped39]

Tom from Champion might buy them.

 

[earlbrown]

I doubt it. A couple years ago I knew a guy that was going to give me a coupler hundred NOS 8445's after neither Glen or Tom wanted them. they were the good one's too with undrilled EGR ports

They ended on my the back of a scrap metal truck.