What heads for a 224 cam?
03-23-2008, 01:26 PM
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What heads for a 224 cam? Looking for 2 choices
1 if no budget AFRs, trick flows?
2 On a budget Texas speed,patriot, etc etc
What do you guys think or suggest cam is 224/224 .581 .581 112 LSA
Pure street car track once a year.
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1 if no budget AFRs, trick flows?
2 On a budget Texas speed,patriot, etc etc
What do you guys think or suggest cam is 224/224 .581 .581 112 LSA
Pure street car track once a year.
Thanks alot
03-23-2008, 01:42 PM
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I just got my prc stage 2.5 5.3's going to the dyno next week, however, love how it seems to pull forever, i also ave that same cam, i put down 383 372 on a mustang dyno, so on a dynojet wit heads im hoping for around 440 rwhp
03-23-2008, 01:46 PM
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Because this is my thinking correct me if im wrong.
With the differnce in price from the high end heads I can get a set of say texas speed heads AND a fast 90/90 set up for roughly the same cost
With the differnce in price from the high end heads I can get a set of say texas speed heads AND a fast 90/90 set up for roughly the same cost
03-23-2008, 02:15 PM
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03-23-2008, 02:23 PM
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Go with the AFR's. Budget heads will not compete. You can always add the 90/90 later. Midrange gains & tip in response are a lot greater with the AFR's. I have seen cars gain little to nothing with budget heads. With AFR's I gained 45rwhp & 35rwtq.
03-23-2008, 05:36 PM
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I just love responding to a question like this.
My advice for you and others, is go ahead with the budget heads.
Why? It'll keep you at more of a disadvantage over myself and others running the AFR heads.
Okay now my flame suit is on - go ahead, bash me all you like. But when someone else pulls up next to me on the street, I dont worry about a thing!
My advice for you and others, is go ahead with the budget heads.
Why? It'll keep you at more of a disadvantage over myself and others running the AFR heads.
Okay now my flame suit is on - go ahead, bash me all you like. But when someone else pulls up next to me on the street, I dont worry about a thing!
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03-23-2008, 05:50 PM
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I'll secound that you cant beat the price and I did alot of reserch and had others reserch for me to make my decision.
Also I did the intake and TB for the price of those heads alone.
I ran a 12.005 on cam only though and thats better than guys with thier bigger cam and AFR heads , So what I'm saying is just because you have the higher dollar parts on your car it dosen't mean its right for your set up.
04-01-2008, 07:42 AM
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which heads if its street only , nothing too serious why not go with Tx speed or Patriots? they will work good with that cam- now considered mild but good all around cam add the intake if you want. Why break the bank if your not thrashing it at the track with a huge cam. Its all about torque on the street let those guys have their braggin rights I got other things I want for my car. a good matched set of parts will beat those mismatched setups with their huge cams .I will be running a almost identical setup as you! and dont feel like you whimped out CNC 243's arent bad. 
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I'm good with my choice of heads. If people are getting little to no gain when adding "budget heads" (totally subjective term) then I would have to believe that their cars are not optimized or are seriously mismatched. Look what people like Patrick G do with cams. There is a whole lot to be said about a good total system. My car did make significantally better power with my heads. Basically, the money I saved on my heads is over 1/3 needed to reach my target of a Procharger. Then my $325 LS6 intake, BBK tb don't matter so much and I can upgrade them as possible while still makig 500+ rwhp....Not being afraid of a set of AFRs, which are better heads. Just do what you can when you can and feel good about it.
