You want bragging rights that a new set of big-port, big-block heads can provide. You want the performance boost those large runners and exhaust ports deliver as well. What you don't want is the added expense of new headers, intake, and pistons to get there. Brodix understands your pain.
Using a fuel-injection kit from Street and Performance, the Brodix 540 made 630 hp and 630 lb-ft. It is destined for a show car, so that explains why everything is polished.
When you finally upgrade your 396 for that 540, Brodix recommends its Big-Block 2 Plus (BB-2 Plus) rectangular-port cylinder head with a 312cc intake port that flows more than 340 cfm. The huge numbers are the result of a CNC porting program that replicates the efforts of hours of hand-porting and flow bench work. These heads flow monster air with the help of an exhaust port that is raised 0.600 inch. The relocation of the port forces you to buy a new intake manifold and new headers or have a custom set made, depending on the car you drive. The heads also lack two extra accessory boltholes on the exhaust flange and the intake face if you want to mount your power steering or A/C.
If you want to run the big-block in a street car, the solution is the Race Rite series of heads, which offers the intake enhancements of the 2 Plus series of heads with the exhaust port and accessory holes in stock big-block locations. The first head created for the series is the RR BB-R. Decoded, that means Race Rite, big-block, rectangle port. That is the cylinder head used here. There is an oval-port version called the RR-BB-O, and by the time this issue goes to print, there will be an RR BB-2 Plus. These three sets of heads share the intake port of their Pro Street and drag race cousins, giving them great power potential. They also allow you to bolt them into your big-block car with the minimum of hassles.
RR-BB-R HEAD FLOW The heads were flowed on a SuperFlow 600 at 28 inches of water with a 4.500-inch bore plate and no exhaust tube. LIFT INTAKE (CFM) EXHAUST (CFM) 0.200 160 116 0.300 226 145 0.400 276 172 0.500 314 196 0.600 337 217 0.650 341 230 0.700 342 236 PARTS* DESCRIPTION PN PRICE ATI Super Street balancer 917069 $213.99 ARP fasteners 135-3601 64.06 Brodix aluminum 9.800 block 8B 2000 A 5151.00 Brodix Race Rite 270cc oval ports, aluminum 2061000 2489.80 Brodix Race Rite 294cc rectangle ports, aluminum 2061009 2489.80 Brodix Race Rite 312cc rectangle ports, aluminum 2061018 2489.80 Brodix STS Race Rite 320cc rectangle ports, aluminum 2068101 3577.04 Brodix manifold with Dominator top HV2001 418.00 Clevite main bearings MS829H 79.95 Clevite rod bearings CB743H 16.95 Cloyes timing cover 9-231 139.95 Cometic Head gaskets C5433 93.95 Comp Cams 1.8 stainless roller rockers 1128 412.95 Comp Cams double roller timing chain CCA-3110 53.95 Comp custom hydraulic roller cam 11-000-9 319.95 Comp Cam roller lifters 850-16 209.95 Eagle rotator kit 11611 2093.75 Fel-Pro intake gaskets, oil pan gasket 1211/1804 19.95/16.75 Isky valvesprings 8205 185.95 Mahle forged pistons (10.00cc dome) Call N/A MSD Pro Billet R2R distributor 8366 271.95 MSD coil 8226 42.95 *Part numbers and prices subject to change
