You won’t find a better head than the TWs. Blueprints appear to be Pro Comp castings that BP goes through.

 

Ok that works for me, blueprint is out of stock until May anyways

 

That Comp xe284 is a pretty good cam, I used it in a 331 that produced 372 RWHP

 

Good to hear, pretty excited to see how well this setup works

 

go with Trick Flow Heads, most copy cat heads are casted in China and shipped here for assembly.

 

+1 on the TFS heads. Look at the 11R's too. They're awesome.

 

All the offshore heads are Dart Pro 1 copies and flow about the same. They aren't a bad deal necessarily but they come with varying degrees of valvetrain quality depending on who is slinging them, whether it be Blueprint, Skip White, ProMaxx, or even AFR. The AFR Enforcers are probably the highest quality of the offshore heads. I'm a TrickFlow fan, and, while you can still get a decent entry level offshore performance aluminum head, "you get what you pay for" still does apply if you spend more.

 

Several years back Hot Rod tested 6 aluminum heads. The TF heads were #1 and they were one of the cheaper heads. #2 I believe were AFR's and they were quite a bit more then the TF. #3 were 180 cfm E Street heads. They were a little cheaper then the TF. While they did come in #3, they were very, very close to the AFR heads. HR felt if the E Street heads had a good valve job, they might have been a different story and done better. At least they're made in the USA.