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Old 04-15-2012, 02:15 PM
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like the title says i have a set of 243 heads rite now they are not ported only milled to 62cc i can get a set or prc 2.5 5.3 they are 62cc heads my question is how much power should i gain my mods are in my sig
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Have you considered sending the 243s in for CNC porting? I would do that before I bought 5.3s.
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i have considered it but i can buy the 5.3 heads for the same price as what tsp priced porting my heads for i know that the 243 is a much better head to port but this way my car is only down a few hours
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I'd port the 243's also, get them milled to up the compression while their at it. I have close to the same mods as you with numbers in sig.
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Have AI or TEA fully port the 243's and have them mill for the compression you want.
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i have considered it but i can buy the 5.3 heads for the same price as what tsp priced porting my heads for i know that the 243 is a much better head to port but this way my car is only down a few hours
Or you can just buy a set of already ported 243s and sell off your stock ones. That way there's no downtime...
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if i could find a set of ported 243 at a good price i would but i refuse to give 1200-1300 for used ported heads when you can get them new for 1500 lol i have been in the market for heads for a while and would buy a set of used aftermarket caskings but everyone is craze they want to sale used ones for only a couple hundred less then new




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