"If I you can get a pair of really good PAIR of SBC heads for < 2K I can't see why we can't get a single head for that price."
Comparing limited production parts to GM copies isn't the same thing. If you look at the costs of the SB2 or SB2.2 heads and compare to the Kirby pieces it would be a "little" more fair.
CNC machined SB2 heads complete with intake manifold and valve covers will be about $11,000. A single NASCAR team engine shop will buy more pairs of SB2.2 heads than Mike Kirby can find buyers for his stuff. When you are doing limited runs of anything, it gets real time consuming. No assembly line. Each opperation is a new machining setup. I'm surprised that Mike would even consider doing another run. He might have kept himself busy with the last run, but I'm sure he didn't make money on them. If he had, he'd be anxious to do some more. He has probably spent sleepless nights thinking that he'd have made more money if he'd just been doing commercial valve jobs.
