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Old 03-22-2010, 04:46 PM
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i'm replacing the heads on my 99 ls1 with ls2 heads. do i use 6.0 or 5.7 head gaskets?
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thank you.
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Yeah 5.7l gasket!!
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if u did change the heads to 243, how much HP gain u will get on ls1 motor??
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Stock for stock yeah. If you're going to go through the trouble of a head swap I guess I would get them milled a bit. Not too spendy and good gains.




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