TEA or PATRIOT ???
Originally Posted by gomer
Stay tuned my friend 
Dyno numbers are cool and they sell product, but they aren't everything... Good numbers, BTW, 470 anything is awesome, regardless of which heads, cam, etc.... 
Shawn
I am a believer of AS and TEA.
AS is my favorite, and I believe both companies realize they compete with eachother and kinda have fun doing it. They keep eachother always trying to go the extra inch.
I cant seem to find anyone who competes with TEA if running Nitrous. AS is just my favorite. Seems like everyone is happy with both.
As far as PP goes. They are a bit cheeper and IMO are at the top of the second class of "best heads" Seems like TEA/AS/and Cartek take the top of the first class with MTI on their toes.
Call them all and go with who makes you feel the best. PP is defentially good at selling their product.
AS is my favorite, and I believe both companies realize they compete with eachother and kinda have fun doing it. They keep eachother always trying to go the extra inch.
I cant seem to find anyone who competes with TEA if running Nitrous. AS is just my favorite. Seems like everyone is happy with both.
As far as PP goes. They are a bit cheeper and IMO are at the top of the second class of "best heads" Seems like TEA/AS/and Cartek take the top of the first class with MTI on their toes.
Call them all and go with who makes you feel the best. PP is defentially good at selling their product.
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Originally Posted by SSOnYourSix
Verbs is a local and had nothing but good luck with his TEA, and I know for a fact he calls TEA on a daily basis with dumb questions and as far as I know they spend time with him answering every one of them! Sorry Verbs 
Sorry Mike
I don't know if anyone noticed that in this thread, the only people plugging patriot heads were patriot users.
TEA on the other hand has non TEA owners as well as TEA owners speaking highly of them. That to me is a sign of a good company....when those that run other heads or don't have them at all speak highly of TEA. My .02
Last edited by verbs; Mar 7, 2004 at 10:17 PM.
Originally Posted by verbs
TEA on the other hand has non TEA owners as well as TEA owners speaking highly of them. That to me is a sign of a good company....when those that run other heads or don't have them at all speak highly of TEA. My .02
Which heads you decide to purchase depends greatly on your goals(track and dyno), financial situation, and what you consider REAL customer service. Let us know who you go with and how things turn out.
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Originally Posted by verbs
I don't know if anyone noticed that in this thread, the only people plugging patriot heads were patriot users.
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Originally Posted by zwentbyyou
Well I would hope that anybody considering heads would want to hear only from the people who have used them, not opinions from people who have heard about them. I have the Patriots Stage 2's and it is too early to tell but I hope they will be fine. They seem to be a great price and my dyno numbers reflect that they perform well. In my opinion, just do your research and go with who you can afford that you feel comfortable with.
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Originally Posted by gomer
everybody know's who I'm partial to. 
I've always had good luck with the patriot heads and they seem to make pretty good power on my car.I have a new LS1 block with a lunati 395 rotating assemble going together right now I hope I can make as much power as you.
Let me know how 470+ hp feels.
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Originally Posted by zwentbyyou
Well I would hope that anybody considering heads would want to hear only from the people who have used them, not opinions from people who have heard about them. I have the Patriots Stage 2's and it is too early to tell but I hope they will be fine. They seem to be a great price and my dyno numbers reflect that they perform well. In my opinion, just do your research and go with who you can afford that you feel comfortable with.
It's human nature for whoever owns a product to be proud of it, biased, and to plug it. I look at those who don't own it as being "unbiased."
Any thread like this is going to be PP owners plugging PP, and TEA owners plugging TEA. So how is the this thread going to help him make a decision? IMO the non-TEA owners also giving thumbs up to TEA would be what would sway me to pick TEA over PP as I have yet to see one unbiased person give a vote to PP. My .02
, no warnings to threats to lock the thread. Must be some sort of new record! 
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thanks alot guys alot for all the good info!
i figured i would get a few posts on it...
for me im still leaning twords Patriot!
AS heads look good but $1600 for heads and a $300 core....plus cam,bolts,gaskets,pr,
would be like....$2,200+ bucks!
or, TSP's deal....all the same but PP heads for $1,795...!!!!!
why doesnt TEA, or AS put together a nice little H/C combo with all the goodies for a comprable price.....maybe $1,800-1,900.....maybe i would check them out!
i think you get a better deal when you get it all in a package!
if you think about it in TSP's deal your actually probly only paying around $1,275
for the PP heads!
please more info would greatly help my decision and possible others!!!!!!
i figured i would get a few posts on it...
for me im still leaning twords Patriot!
AS heads look good but $1600 for heads and a $300 core....plus cam,bolts,gaskets,pr,
would be like....$2,200+ bucks!
or, TSP's deal....all the same but PP heads for $1,795...!!!!!
why doesnt TEA, or AS put together a nice little H/C combo with all the goodies for a comprable price.....maybe $1,800-1,900.....maybe i would check them out!
i think you get a better deal when you get it all in a package!
if you think about it in TSP's deal your actually probly only paying around $1,275
for the PP heads!
please more info would greatly help my decision and possible others!!!!!!
Im not sure the Patriots are the same Caliber as AS or TEA, so I wouldnt expect pricing to suggest they are. Then again, you have to consider the service here..contact them all, see who responds best.
Last edited by Jammer; Mar 8, 2004 at 08:17 PM.
I have never dealt with any of the companies on a one on one basis, I have never seen or used TEA, AS, or MTI heads. But I did just recently get the Patriot/TSP Race Style Heads and so far so good, i have posted dyno numbers in the dyno forum and track numbers in the drag racing forum. So far have only put about 150 miles on them and i am extremely impressed with the results.