Assembled Victor heads or offset rocker arms - anybody know a source?

[defiance]

I'm trying to figure out where to get pre-assembled victor heads and offset rocker arms for a 440.  So far, all I can find is Hughes - which, wouldn't you know it, has both - and I've heard terrible things about their service.  Never anything bad about the work, just the service...  But point being, I haven't found either of the above anywhere else.  I can have my shop assemble the victors if need be, and unassembled victors are all over the place, but the offset rockers seem to be nowhere, and I can't just have the shop whip up a batch of those

So any suggestions?  Thanks!

[andyf]

Call Mike at Muscle Motors.  He said that he was getting rocker arms made for the Victor.  I'm pretty sure you can also use the MP Stage V rocker arms.  They aren't in production anymore but you might find some for sale on ebay or in inventory somewhere.  I'm pretty sure they had an offset that was very close to what the Victor heads need.

[defiance]

Hm... How about Crane rockers for the Stage V heads?  Mancini sells them...

http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/brb15alstagi.html


I haven't called muscle motors yet - is that this place?
http://www.musclemotors.com/
They don't seem to have much on their site -- guess they work over the phone most of the time ... which sucks for me since I've got LOTS of access to the web during the day, but little opportunity to make calls

Also, I emailed harland sharp...  They've got a set... but ........

$1150.   

Yes, over $1k for a set of rocker arms..

You know, I'm not opposed to paying for quality, but that's just exorbitant (spelling?). 

I even emailed hughes to see their price, since at this point it looks like I may end up having to go with them...

Anyway, the search continues!  I'll email mancini to see if I can get their opinion, but can anyone else confirm that the crane rockers for the stage V heads would work?

[andyf]

Those Cranes might work but you probably won't know for sure until you try it.  From what I've heard, the Victor heads require about 0.500 of offset.  You might call Mancini and see if they know the offset on those rocker arms.

[defiance]

found muscle motors - it's
www.musclemotorsracing.com
And they posted on moparts recently that they'll have their details on their site in about a week, so I'll just wait and see. 

Also at this point it looks like several sources are 'developing' rockers (Muscle Motors, 440 source 'possibly' in a few months, etc), and stage v's 'might' work anyway, so I guess I'll just take a leap of faith that I'll be able to find some by the time I'm ready.  In all honesty it'll probably be a few months anyway before everything else is put together, and there's no reason I can't put the rocker arms on nearly last (I'll need them to get an accurate pushrod legth, but that's about it). 

[defiance]

Ok - just to help anyone else looking for this info - here's what I've got so far:

- Stage V head rockers will NOT work; the offset is too different (supposedly)
- Hughes has them, but price isn't final; around $525 per set
- Harland Sharp makes them, direct price is $1150 per set, but they stated I could probably get a better price from one of their distributors.
- Competition Warehouse (referred to in the Victor documentation as 'Bonwitt Performance') has them for $1000 per set.
- Muscle Motors has them in production, they'll be ready for shipping in around 3 weeks, they're looking at around $559 (or if you've already got a set of nice roller rockers, they'll sell a set of 8 intake only for $290)
- 440source *may* eventually join in as well, but if so it'll be a few months.  Still, worth keeping an eye on.

As far as I can tell, that's what is out there now.  A whole lot of these prices are pre-production, so I'm guessing they'll probably change.

Given all that, I think I'll go with Muscle motors.