I picked up some 882s, they are pretty built, just wonderin if it was a good investment or not.

882 cast
ported to fit 2.02/1.6 w/ Swirl-Polished Steel Valves
z28 springs
keepers
hardened exhaust seats
positive valves seals
valve guides/keepers
polish work

any other info?


Thanks,
-Curt

 

Depends on how much you spent on them. The most impressive factory casting heads to me are still vortec heads. Small valves, small intake runners and they still flow as well as many larger aftermarket heads.

 

Spent about $400 bucks, i dont think they will fit my application, ill prolly sell 'em.

 

I have heard nothing good about 882s - except that they are cheap.

 

Pretend your Martha Stewart(or someone at ENRON) and do what they did when they knew before anyone else did that the investments they had were going to be worthless....


SELL SELL SELL..... A wise man said this is another post where someone was trying to make 400hp with #882 heads(see below)

 

They can be made to flow OK, but they are very prone to cracking in performance applications. I don’t think that they’re really worth much more then whatever the parts used in them are, I wouldn’t pay $400 for them at all.

OTOH, assuming that they're a fresh (and correctly done) rebuild I would probably buy them from you if you if you were willing to sell them for under $200...

 

i already have them in the shop getting more work done, pretty sure its a waste of money, but i dont have any other heads, at least she'll run with these, if they crack i guess i need better one huh?

****in hot rods eating all the money.


-Curt

 

If its all you have they will definatly work. My comment was towards using them as a "high performance" application where these would be your final heads. If they are all you have drive them to to death till you can afford some better ones.

Heads are the part you want to spend the most money on...