Real Steel Merlin F85 Heads

CJV8 · Post by **CJV8** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:52 am

There are some new pics in their catalogue if you fancy a gander.
They're at the bottom of page 6 in the RV8 section.

www.realsteel.co.uk

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:22 pm

Good news on the head front, but damn they are ugly rocker covers lol

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:50 am

Shame they don't give a price.

I guess it's 'if you want to know, you can't afford them'

Chris.

CJV8 · Post by **CJV8** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:54 am

Apparently the heads, presumably assembled, are around the £1k mark.
That was from quite a few months ago though, so things may have changed.
Best bet would be to call the boys at RS.

Post by **Coops** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:15 pm

when i was up at RS over easter they said it will be a while before they are for sale,

Post by **katanaman** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:28 pm

thev8kid wrote:when i was up at RS over easter they said it will be a while before they are for sale,

now there is a surprise.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Sat May 05, 2007 3:24 pm

CJV8 wrote:Apparently the heads, presumably assembled, are around the £1k mark.
That was from quite a few months ago though, so things may have changed.
Best bet would be to call the boys at RS.

That sounds awful cheap for aftermarket heads, especially fully assembled.

Unless it is per head......

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:53 am

sounds expensive to me
Mike

seight · Post by **seight** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:20 am

Saw the heads at Stoneleigh kit car show yesterday (so they do exist). I think I overheard them saying they may be around £1200 !!!
The heads were on a built up engine so you couldn't see much and there was a note quoting dyno figures for a 5ltr of around 330bhp - can't remember rest of spec - sorry.
Sounds a lot of money to me.
Mike

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:13 pm

kiwicar wrote:sounds expensive to me
Mike

Last pair of modified rover castings I bought, I paid around £1500 for.

Anywhere under that, for a complete built set of aftermarket heads that actually flow some air, is not expensive by any means compared to whats available.

£1k would be a steal !!!

ihatesissycars · Post by **ihatesissycars** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:08 pm

They've just phoned me up and offered me some. . . . .

v8man · Post by **v8man** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:06 pm

only 330 bhp ??on real steel heads out of a 5 litre

kokkolanpoika · Post by **kokkolanpoika** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:56 pm

Why so small valves?

Rover Stage 4 exchaust is bigger.. but inlet is smaller.

I´m disappointment those power curves.. I expect over 350bhp..

Post by **katanaman** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:11 pm

kokkolanpoika wrote:Why so small valves?
Rover Stage 4 exchaust is bigger.. but inlet is smaller.
I´m disappointment those power curves.. I expect over 350bhp..

For £1100? Have a word!! Like I said elsewhere these were never intended to be Wildcat competitors, they are a cost effective way of getting good heads for less than some shops charge for porting. They even use standard valve train components to keep costs down. You want the ultimate go buy Wildcats for £3000 plus.

ihatesissycars · Post by **ihatesissycars** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:37 pm

From what i've been told the dyno graph i've posted up was a rush job just so they had some figures to show people.

The bit about it i like is the amount of torque it makes from low down, so what some may say its a 5.0 but it did that with a huffaker and 600 cfm holley, arguably too big maybe but definately not ideal for low down power yet it still has a superb bottom end and a wicked top end.

A jack of all trades which would only get better with r+d and don't forget they more than likely can be ported some more to increase their ability.