What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casting?
01-23-2003, 09:29 PM
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What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casting? What's a better flowing head? I thought it would be the vette head, but i wanted to be sure.
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Al
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Al
01-23-2003, 10:17 PM
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Re: What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casti I've flow tested several of each and aside from shifts in casting/machining there is no real difference between the two. Try to pick a pair of heads that have the smoothest transition from the bowls to the seats. Perhaps some others will chime in ............
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01-24-2003, 12:33 AM
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Re: What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casti Or would i be better off staying with my stock 99 heads on my firehawk? I'm using the stock heads with the following cam:
224/224 .581/.581 114lsa
Any help would be awesome!
224/224 .581/.581 114lsa
Any help would be awesome!
01-24-2003, 03:11 AM
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Re: What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casti Jay at Absolute Speed told me that the 853 casting flowed alittle better when ported to a stage 2.
01-24-2003, 07:28 AM
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Re: What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casti stock for stock though and is it even worth the effort. What castings are my 99 firehawk heads?
01-24-2003, 03:45 PM
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Re: What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casti </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by VTTRAPNTA:
<strong> stock for stock though and is it even worth the effort. What castings are my 99 firehawk heads? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If your just changing stock heads for another set? If I'm reading this right?I don't think its worth the time and agrevation.I would just wait and do it right.Just to do a head swap is going to cost you money for gaskets,bolt and coolant.
<strong> stock for stock though and is it even worth the effort. What castings are my 99 firehawk heads? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If your just changing stock heads for another set? If I'm reading this right?I don't think its worth the time and agrevation.I would just wait and do it right.Just to do a head swap is going to cost you money for gaskets,bolt and coolant.
01-25-2003, 12:08 AM
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Re: What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casti </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by VTTRAPNTA:
<strong> stock for stock though and is it even worth the effort. What castings are my 99 firehawk heads? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Look on the drivers side head on the side towards the front above the exhaust manifold will be the casting #.
<strong> stock for stock though and is it even worth the effort. What castings are my 99 firehawk heads? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Look on the drivers side head on the side towards the front above the exhaust manifold will be the casting #.
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01-25-2003, 10:37 AM
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Re: What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casti Thats right stock for stock is not worth even when ported there is just a small difference that just the flow bench racers would notice.
01-25-2003, 10:10 PM
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Re: What's a better head? 00 Vette head "853" casting or 01 SS head "241" casti Total the swap will cost me under 100 for the 241 casting heads. Any more opinions?
