Really? Hmm never had to replace anything on mine and they run fine, sure you just didn't piss them off like sending your food back to the cook? lol Seems pre 2011 stealth heads had some casting and assembly issues but seems to be fixed. and for the price they work well. and fit more like stock heads than eddy and have straight spark plug holes. Even thought the aluminum is cast in china they are finished and assembled here in California, If you think Edelbrock gets their raw material for their stuff here think again. Made in USA only means assembled in USA now sucks yes but they all do it now.
I never sent anything back to them as far as the heads go, I just replaced eveything except the valves and never asked them for squat, because I had already dealt with them on their crap cast water pump housing as you already know and had already learned their customer service is non-existant.
Refusing to give a refund for a new
unusable clearly inferior part, even with me eating the shipping both ways is assinine, and never will I deal with them again. Now since the head issues, I will not have any parts with their name on it on any of my vehicles, even if I do agree the heads themselves don't seem to be bad once you replace most of the parts.
Pissing them off has nothing to do with the keepers pulling through the retainers. I was the one that was pissed off. After the fact, I read many accounts of the same thing happening to others, along with other issues like cracking or the chambers being cast off center and causing head gasket issues.
Comparing raw materials to manufacturing standards??? Seriously?
What of their foreign partner's ethics and accountability? Who's research and development is in the 440 Source heads? Everything I read states that the internal and chamber design is just a copied Edelbrock. It would seem pretty easy to make money selling parts cheaply if you just stole someone elses research and development, like when a GoodYear plant in Columbus OH was over-run by 40 plus Chinese people that rushed in and ran amuck like freaks cutting chunks of rubber from tires and running off with them. Hey morons, how about just buying a damn tire. It's a strange mentality and I just feel it is time we try to do better to support our country and the many other countries that do business properly.
For all of you using 440 Source products, I wish you all the best, I have just had enough problems with the products and the jackass attitude from the dork at 440 Source that I can't give good reviews when I have experienced far the opposite.
I have had outstanding service from Summit, Jegs and Mancini Racing and a fair experience with Muscle Motors. I've also dealt with Indy Cylinder Head without any issues.
When someone asks your opinion of something that you have had a direct experience with, you should give it. Mine was bad, some of yours was good, but for damn sure, don't tell me that I'm wrong for having a bad experience, because I damn sure would have rather all my dealings turned out well, but it just doesn't work out that way.
