nik1703

How much would it run me to upgrade my heads? What are the most recommended and what kind of power would i be putting down?

Also do you need to pull the engine and is this a DIY project?

(Noob, sorry for the questions!) thanks!

mhissstic

Read the sticky at the top of this section titled "Stock Heads/cam swap" All the info you need is in there

You can do it with the engine in the car

Counted Out

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Depends how good you are with cars. There are alot of good write-ups though.

nik1703

i checked the sticky. it doesnt meation heads, it only talks about cams...

nik1703

after reading more, i should probably stick with cams. i have 88k on my motor and putting heads on is probably a bad idea.

any idea what the pricing is on a set of cams on average? that sticky doesnt talk about prices either.

whammer33024

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you need to read that sticky some more instead of just looking for prices. i'm not trying to be mean as i was in your shoes before as well...but that sticky helped me a lot and i learned where to find the parts i'd need

BlackTTC6

Edelbrock's LT4 heads and intake manifold work. They're EXPENSIVE but they work.

Counted Out

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They are more or less stock though. Just more room for porting.

TrickFlowTech

Trick Flow will be introducing it's new 21 degree LT1 head at SEMA next week. If you are attencding SEMA stop by the booth to check it out.

Booth #20403

Tireburnin

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I'll be at SEMA and I will definately stop by to look at those. I assume you will have specs for them available at the show?

TrickFlowTech

Yes we sure will.

James Montigny

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Looking forward to seeing them

rufrntn

i once heard that you could put LS1 heads on a lt1. they said they havethe same block just different heads.

Puck

iTrader: (17)

Whoa, been a bit out of the loop lately and havent heard about that yet .

Looks like I will be reusing my current ported stockers on my stroker build till I can get some more info on those .

Pretyflywiteguy

umm no, LS1 and LT1's are completely different. Nothing is interchangeable between the two except the lifters.

nik1703

Im looking at cams now, not heads. I think it would be much cheaper.

Anyone selling some used cams with valve springs?

Z28_LT1

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i heard its better to change your heads and cams at the same time.

James Montigny

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It's certainly a better $ and time spent : performance ratio.
I mean, if you're going to go that deep, you might as well do both.

Having said that, lots of people go cam-only then come back and do heads later.
(Some even just stay cam-only)

nik1703

how much do your cam/head setup run you? granted you did it yourself.

flyinZ

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Anywhere from $1400-$3000. Just depends who you go with, and what parts you get along with H/C.