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Old May 25, 2011 | 03:30 PM
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Decided it was time to finish my swap and wondered which heads to use pretty much I will but just making it run so nothing crazy right now just wondering if i should keep the stock 317 heads or do stock 241's or 5.3 heads to bump up compression cam will either stay stock or at most a ls6 cam for the time being. Any imput on which would be a better set-up out of those 3
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Old May 25, 2011 | 06:42 PM
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Decided it was time to finish my swap and wondered which heads to use pretty much I will but just making it run so nothing crazy right now just wondering if i should keep the stock 317 heads or do stock 241's or 5.3 heads to bump up compression cam will either stay stock or at most a ls6 cam for the time being. Any imput on which would be a better set-up out of those 3
Your heads are good. Just mill them to 62cc - 64cc to pump your compression
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Old May 25, 2011 | 07:06 PM
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Decided it was time to finish my swap and wondered which heads to use pretty much I will but just making it run so nothing crazy right now just wondering if i should keep the stock 317 heads or do stock 241's or 5.3 heads to bump up compression cam will either stay stock or at most a ls6 cam for the time being. Any imput on which would be a better set-up out of those 3
You could mill them down as said previously but if you are planning on running boost later on I would say save the 317's for later and get some 5.3 heads for now.
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Old May 25, 2011 | 11:11 PM
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mill the 317 like stated above.for a little more money get a TSP cam pkg.I hate to see some one spend money on a mild cam when you can get so much more with a after market cam.
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mill the 317 like stated above.for a little more money get a TSP cam pkg.I hate to see some one spend money on a mild cam when you can get so much more with a after market cam.

Ya i was thinking about a bigger cam but probably wont have the extra $$ for a stall and dont really wanna put a big cam in it without one
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