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> HEADS!..New Castings , Replacement performance heads?, Anybody have any info on this company or their products?
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post Apr 3 2010, 09:24 PM
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Has anyone used these heads from this company Called DRD Racing? Their web site looks really good! Here's a link.
http://www.drdracingheads.com/index.php Their heads are New Castings! Looks like the L5 and L6 Heads are the way to go!....anyone got info ?
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post Apr 3 2010, 09:35 PM
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All type one heads??

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post Apr 3 2010, 09:37 PM
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1500/pr for 44mm x 38mm... for all new head, doesn't seem THAT bad, of a price... but I have not heard of this company.
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post Apr 3 2010, 09:37 PM
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Except for the Type 4 / 914 heads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Apr 4 2010, 08:06 AM
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I didn't know that he did T4 heads, but Darren is extremely well known and respected in the VW aircooled racing community. No one questions his work, the only complaint you'll hear is that he's so busy that it takes 6-8 months to get your heads delivered. Search at cal-look.com, those are the hard-core racers.
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post Apr 4 2010, 09:26 AM
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Those heads look like AMC heads from Spain.
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post Apr 4 2010, 09:32 AM
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see the last line?

"This product is no longer avaible"
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post Apr 4 2010, 09:57 AM
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QUOTE(qa1142 @ Apr 4 2010, 10:32 AM) *

see the last line?

"This product is no longer avaible"

the L5 and L6 do not say that. only L3 and L7
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post Apr 4 2010, 04:16 PM
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QUOTE(tat2dphreak @ Apr 4 2010, 07:57 AM) *

QUOTE(qa1142 @ Apr 4 2010, 10:32 AM) *

see the last line?

"This product is no longer avaible"

the L5 and L6 do not say that. only L3 and L7


The price for the L5 and L6 heads don't seem bad compaired to everyone else on new heads! I was just curious to see if anybody here on the forum had bought their heads and if so how was their product? Where they everything they were suppose to be and was this a reputable company?
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post Apr 4 2010, 05:30 PM
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Except for the Type 4 / 914 heads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

OK...I missed that.

I would buy them at 1500 for the pair...yup.

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QUOTE(r_towle @ Apr 4 2010, 03:30 PM) *

QUOTE(McMark @ Apr 3 2010, 11:37 PM) *

Except for the Type 4 / 914 heads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

OK...I missed that.

I would buy them at 1500 for the pair...yup.

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Actually $1300 for the L5 heads should be fine for a stock 2.0 engine with carbs or the 2056cc or the 2270cc stroker motor .....sounds like a fairly decent price considering what you would pay for a performance rebuild with old castings....what do you guys think? I'm going to give them a call tomorrow!
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post Apr 4 2010, 09:00 PM
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I would give Len(Ham Inc) a call too... they are making new heads that will be similarly priced as well... at least worth checking to compare..
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post Apr 4 2010, 09:09 PM
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That is a loose term, last time I checked I thought his CNC heads were $2k+? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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similarly priced



That is a loose term, last time I checked I thought his CNC heads were $2k+? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


Check his web site you will find out the heads are rework by Len (Ham Inc) with
new seats, valves and valve guides. Which will hold up better than the stock
ones that are installed.
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post Apr 4 2010, 10:06 PM
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Ah..I thought Len was no rebuilding heads anymore, just working on the new ones
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post Apr 4 2010, 11:22 PM
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QUOTE(Speedster Mike @ Apr 4 2010, 06:32 PM) *

QUOTE(r_towle @ Apr 4 2010, 03:30 PM) *

QUOTE(McMark @ Apr 3 2010, 11:37 PM) *

Except for the Type 4 / 914 heads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

OK...I missed that.

I would buy them at 1500 for the pair...yup.

Rich



Actually $1300 for the L5 heads should be fine for a stock 2.0 engine with carbs or the 2056cc or the 2270cc stroker motor .....sounds like a fairly decent price considering what you would pay for a performance rebuild with old castings....what do you guys think? I'm going to give them a call tomorrow!


I wouldn't choke down a 2270 with unworked AMC heads. The heads and exhaust are key to getting the potential out of that motor. Maybe a 2056 though...
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Last I heard, Len was using the new AMC castings. He does machine work on them to get them to his specs, and ditches all the inferior hardware that comes with them and replaces them with better valves, guides, springs and keepers.

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Len Hoffman and Jake Raby definately have set the standard for Performanc heads ,Type IV engine research and development and great guys to boot! In my book They are the Best. I'm on a pretty strict budget so...I've been doing alot of research on heads and rebuilding and I came across this company that I had not heard anyone on this forum mention. It looks like the L5 and L6 new casting heads from DRD Racing are not just stock castings but reworked and machined for performanced NEW casting heads at a competitive price. Who are these people? Nice web site! Are they for real? I don't recall anyone mentioning their name before on this or some of the other Type IV forums.
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Yes, they are more than real, Darren is a kind of legend in the Volkswagen T1 racing community, the best. Literally the best, as in no one better. Go to the Cal-Look forum (cal-look.com) and ask that same question and you'll be laughed out of the place. Like I said above, those are the most serious aircooled VW racers around. Jake Raby is accepted there as an equal, not a superior being.

I don't know anything about Darren's T4 work, but he knows aircooled heads and he knows flow and is a perfectionist. The only negative I've heard is that he's a one-man shop and it often takes a LONG TIME to get your heads. Like I suggested, go to Cal-Look and look around, ask, do a search.
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post Apr 5 2010, 08:18 AM
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Is someone working with him?
I would sure like to see some results regarding these heads at that price...

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