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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 11:00 PM
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sup guys just looking for you guys input. on some head choices. i have a budget so afrs and trick flows are out right now. ill be running a 228/232 cam i was set on the Tea 1.5 5.3 heads, but after reading 2 post on here about piston to valve problems with small cams kinda worries me. so should i stick with the tea 5.3s? or maybe the prc 5.3s from Texas speed, or there stage one ls6s, maybe there 2.5s but thats alil past my budget. all opions are welcome
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 11:11 PM
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i have the TSP 5.3's. when i bought them i was in a similar situation looking to save as much as possible.

now i really wish i went with the ls6's. i like the 5.3's but the big reason i went with them was becasue of the smaller combustion chamber, when realistically i could have just milled the ls6's to get a higher CR AND still have a better flowing head.

with the difference in price being whatever it is, i would wait until i could get ls6's from one of the budget sponsors, patriot, PRC, TEA.
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