PLEASE HELP, pick best head for my cam!!!
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Staging Lane
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PLEASE HELP, pick best head for my cam!!! Hey guys i have an 02 with the texas speed torquer v.3 cam i want to pick the best heads to complete this... i have talked to speed twice and got two diff answers... i love my car but dont have near the experience to pick the BEST head for this set up...
Depends a lot on budget. I always recommend an aftermarket casting first. You can't go wrong with TFS, AFR or PRC. Aftermarket castings almost always provide the best compression, runner size, and chamber size in order to make good power.
Any of the head brands I mentioned will not need flycutting to work with that cam. The torquer v.3 does not have huge duration so it will be easy to get a good compression number. Aftermarket casting heads have a thicker deck so you have more clearance to work with.
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Staging Lane
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stock at the moment but willing to change,, pretty much i hoping some of you guys can come together and put me a set up together.. i realize that pretty much everyone else knows more about this than me ... chamber numbers all that stuff i have no clue
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It's hard to find a sponsor on here that doesnt sell them. My opinion is to get with TSP and tell them what you want out of the car. Just saying you want the best head isn't really much to work with. Are we talking streetable heads or max effort? You said the most power that you can make. I would re-think that and say the most useable power that you can make. Tire spin gets you no where...slower.
Honestly, you're going the wrong direction. Typically you pick a camshaft that works well with the flow characteristics of your cylinder heads. Don't limit yourself with what heads to do based on a specific camshaft that you currently have especially considering the cost difference between a cam and a good set of heads.
The last thing you want is to spend over $2000 on a set of heads, then be dissapointed by the results and have a post where everyone says to swap the cam. Give one of the sponsors a call and talk about what you want out of the car, and then formulate a complete heads/cam/intake/exhaust setup and go from there.
The last thing you want is to spend over $2000 on a set of heads, then be dissapointed by the results and have a post where everyone says to swap the cam. Give one of the sponsors a call and talk about what you want out of the car, and then formulate a complete heads/cam/intake/exhaust setup and go from there.
Take care. I personally reccomend Va Speed, but there are a lot of good shops to chose from.
