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Old 09-21-2006, 03:23 PM
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Are they a good head for the $1400 that it would cost to get an as-cast version?
Old 09-21-2006, 03:33 PM
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Hell yeah they are a good buy for the price, especially when trying to do a nice budget setup with a larger cam.
You get a nice as cast head with a aftermarket casting, good valves/springs, etc, and you get the benifit of raised compression with the 62cc setup without loosing piston to valve clearence.
Tough head to beat for the dollar.
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I like mine and thought they were well worth the money.
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i put down 444.4 hp out of the box and alost 700 on the bottle
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Originally Posted by sprydncamd ta
i put down 444.4 hp out of the box and alost 700 on the bottle
Those are some kick-*** numbers bro, do you have any track results ?
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i going down this saturday, hsw just got done putting my 9 inch in so we'll see how well 18 inch nittos handle the power
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Originally Posted by sprydncamd ta
i put down 444.4 hp out of the box and alost 700 on the bottle

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Gotta say I love my AFR 205's. I just need a bigger cam now
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I'm sorry, the topic is about Dart heads, not AFRs. But thanks for trying to help, man!
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sorry to hijack your thread but i am also interested in dart heads and i wanted to know when are they supposed to come out with their CNC program for these heads?? Also how well do they perform when they are ported??
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Originally Posted by N4cer
I'm sorry, the topic is about Dart heads, not AFRs. But thanks for trying to help, man!

You dork buy the Dart's My ETP head's will be here next week
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Originally Posted by quiet_storm98
sorry to hijack your thread but i am also interested in dart heads and i wanted to know when are they supposed to come out with their CNC program for these heads?? Also how well do they perform when they are ported??
One of the guys at Dart (Dart331Stroker) left a phone number on the forum in one of the threads if people have questions about the Dart heads. If you can find it you can call him and get an answer. I would be interested in this information as well if you find anything out.
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o ok i will shoot him a PM..i also know there are some other people who port dart heads I just want to know what the results are when they are ported
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Originally Posted by TWINK
You dork buy the Dart's My ETP head's will be here next week
Calling you today fatty.
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all the threads i read about the dart ported heads said that they had oil consuption problems i would say there is no need to port them for a stock cube motor unless your running a huge cam and in that case why not just get the 225's if i modified them at all i would mill them but then you would have to fly cut i think they performed well and surpassed my expectations.




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