Prop Shaft

[gn7]

You bring up an interesting point. More than were it came from, or the yahoo that stuffed into the grinder, I question what the "retailer: sells it as, and what the producer sold it as.

Case in point. Years ago, Comp Cams/Racing Head Service bought out Pro Topline heads in New Zealand. They changed the cast in name and logo on the head to RHS. They sold 1000s of sets of them over the years as 356T6 virgin aluminum.

Along come some shady POS that makes a dead ringer copy of them out of China. They are shit, and the aluminum is dead soft crap.

This goes on for a few years, and the POS crook selling copies is selling them for less than half the RHS head.

Then, RHS sells off the tooling for the iron head to AA Enginequest, and the aluminum heads no longer have the cast in logo over the exhaust, and have the RHS CNC's on the end of the end of the head. They look more like the copy than they do the original head.

Now when you go to RHS's website, there is no mention 356T6 virgin aluminum. Its just lightweight aluminum casting.
They do have engine blocks that say 356 T6, but not heads, Ford, or Chevy, big or small block. And the price fell by over 35%

Now you tell me why you think that is.

I 'am not nearly as concerned with where the material came from, as I am if its REALLY what it is claimed to be, or a "similar" material that is "just as good" that was bought by the retailer. Either to raise his profits, or doing me a HUGE favor my saving me some money. With my $2000 prop hanging off that shaft.