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Yeah well i was thinking about this my friend just bought a 2006 2500 chevy Truck and he has 6.0 heads, and i was going to trade him my head for his heads and hed give me cash also. Would this work ??? i could get the heads ported and polished
Originally Posted by blue2002ss06
Yeah well i was thinking about this my friend just bought a 2006 2500 chevy Truck and he has 6.0 heads, and i was going to trade him my head for his heads and hed give me cash also. Would this work ??? i could get the heads ported and polished
if your going to do pistons any ways id just get a deep dish piston and enjoy the mti heads with a good quench and good flow.
Originally Posted by ty_ty13
if your going to do pistons any ways id just get a deep dish piston and enjoy the mti heads with a good quench and good flow.
ty hit that on the head...you can get some pretty deep dished (not the pizza) pistons like -15 cc or better to lower your cr...keep your heads
Originally Posted by blue2002ss06
Well i dont want to do the nitrous bit lol and thanks for the opinons about the forged block. That sounds like a badass plan 
Will my heads bolt right up to it as well?
Will my heads bolt right up to it as well?Your heads will bolt up as will everything else, but id say sell your heads and get some stage III patriot ls6 heads or some stock 6.0 liter heads (more cost effective) so you can lower compression. Then go with an ls6 intake, blower cam and an ati ds1c or a turbo kit, plus at least 42# injectors and upgraded fuel pump. With either one you will be close to if not at 600 rwhp pushing 9-10 psi. Your gonna need a new tranny and rear end but it should survive on the stock tranny and rear for a little while if you take it easy.
Originally Posted by markp03
ty hit that on the head...you can get some pretty deep dished (not the pizza) pistons like -15 cc or better to lower your cr...keep your heads
Thats true too. Either way you will be able to lower the compression, and youd want aroun 8.5-9.0 comp.
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my opinion is to keep heads and buy new deep dish pistons pistons, much better use of money. Cheapest way right now to get into FI, would be a Truck Manifold system with a MP70. Imho. The potential of this system is very good though ,GT47-88's have been fitted. It gets rid of the AC if your concerened about that though.
Originally Posted by blue2002ss06
Well how much hp would I be giving up if I keep my heads that I have on the car now rather then buying the stage 3 heads??
Here is a 347 from W2W:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/sponsor-sales-specials/471072-w2w-march-special.html
And here is the tsp 347 for $2799:
http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...mid=42&catid=3
https://ls1tech.com/forums/sponsor-sales-specials/471072-w2w-march-special.html
And here is the tsp 347 for $2799:
http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...mid=42&catid=3
i think some people are forgetting how thin our pistons are to begin with....you want as much meat in the piston as possible in case of detonation your pistons dont fry the first time.The order for dropping compression is bigger chamber heads.......thicker gasket within reason....THEN deeper dish pistons.Has anyone ever seen what a piston that has like a 25cc dish looks like?Its rediculously thin.With the money you could get for your MTI heads and cam you could get yourself a nice set of ported 6.0ltr heads and a blower grind cam/turbo grind cam if you wanted to swap cams.And you'd still have cash left over.
remember this too, that you can compinsate for restictive heads with more boost....with a better flowing intake system it takes less boost to make power, bosst is a mesure of restriction in your intake side.(basicly)
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Originally Posted by markp03
remember this too, that you can compinsate for restictive heads with more boost....with a better flowing intake system it takes less boost to make power, bosst is a mesure of restriction in your intake side.(basicly)
Originally Posted by blue2002ss06
So are you pretty much telling me to go with a fast intake throttle body set up??
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Well lol this seems to be a quite interesting topic, and I really apperciate the replys but i dont want to be a bother with this but should I sell the heads or just use them with the FI kit and internals? 
Originally Posted by blue2002ss06
Well lol this seems to be a quite interesting topic, and I really apperciate the replys but i dont want to be a bother with this but should I sell the heads or just use them with the FI kit and internals?
i had forgotten about your 3.905 bore and the length of your rod.... with a deep dish piston(more than -9cc) i believ it starts to get very thin and ddp is right about that... looks like you may need to sell your heads and grab some 6.0's from patriot performance and use the extra money for:
pistons
rings
rods
rod bolts
or buy a new shortblock (new 347/348) from a preffered sponsor (easiest suggestion
)