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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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Im dailying a vrx5 and its not bad at all
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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What heads would suite the OP the best say he went with the VRX4 cam?
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Anyone???
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It all depends on your budget. The better the head, the more output.
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the heads I have are TSP CNC ported stage 1 LS6 heads
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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Those will work, but i would refresh the valve job on them.
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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Those will work, but i would refresh the valve job on them.
Ok Im new to this what do you mean by refresh? new valves? clean? I bought these off a guy that only had them on his car for 700 miles then wanted to go with a bigger setup.
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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You could run them as is but doing a nice valve job on them with hand finished bowls will get the most out of them.
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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oh ok ill check into it. I think my buddy knows a guy that can do it.
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At least lap the valves to make sure they seal good.
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