what heads should i get?
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what heads should i get?
I have a 98 ss camaro that i am looking to get a set of aftermarket heads for. I will be drag racing this car and driving it on the street alot. my objective is to get a set of heads that will help me more on the top end of the track and keep low end torque to a minimum for traction purposes. Im not looking to set record et's either but i would like the car to mph good. The car already has a aftermarket cam but i am unsure of the size. i just bought the car and i will know more on the cam size when i pull the motor apart, but it sounds like a big cam. please post and let me know what you would recomend or if you have any other questions to help answer my question. Thank you for your time.
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as much power as i can get. as far as tourqe goes i would like to keep the low end tourqe to a minimum for traction reasons. i will also be using a low rpm stall converter to help with that as well. my budget on heads would probably be around 2500 for a pair but i wouldnt mind spending less.
I guess what my plans are is to run in the 12 second range with real slow 60ft times and mph real hard on the big end. for example a local friend of mine has a camaro with a cam and stock converter and headers and he is running in 13.30s at 110. I would like to do somthing similar except i would like to run in the 12s and maybe run around 115mph or more in the 1/4. i am limmited by class rules though so i cant run faster than 12.00
I guess what my plans are is to run in the 12 second range with real slow 60ft times and mph real hard on the big end. for example a local friend of mine has a camaro with a cam and stock converter and headers and he is running in 13.30s at 110. I would like to do somthing similar except i would like to run in the 12s and maybe run around 115mph or more in the 1/4. i am limmited by class rules though so i cant run faster than 12.00
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Have you taken it to the track yet? With a cam and converter you should not need aftermarket heads to run 12.0. I have a stock motor and run low 12s. I would take it to the track and see what it does before you spend all that money just to run too fast.
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the car does not have a converter. its stock. i will be replacing it with a aftermarket stronger converter though. but similar to stock stall to kill the car off the line so i can run slow ets with high mph. i understand that with just puting a converter in the car i could go well into the 12s easy but that wont help me reach my goal
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as much power as i can get. as far as tourqe goes i would like to keep the low end tourqe to a minimum for traction reasons. i will also be using a low rpm stall converter to help with that as well. my budget on heads would probably be around 2500 for a pair but i wouldnt mind spending less.
I guess what my plans are is to run in the 12 second range with real slow 60ft times and mph real hard on the big end. for example a local friend of mine has a camaro with a cam and stock converter and headers and he is running in 13.30s at 110. I would like to do somthing similar except i would like to run in the 12s and maybe run around 115mph or more in the 1/4. i am limmited by class rules though so i cant run faster than 12.00
I guess what my plans are is to run in the 12 second range with real slow 60ft times and mph real hard on the big end. for example a local friend of mine has a camaro with a cam and stock converter and headers and he is running in 13.30s at 110. I would like to do somthing similar except i would like to run in the 12s and maybe run around 115mph or more in the 1/4. i am limmited by class rules though so i cant run faster than 12.00
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As youve read a few times, you don't need heads, just bolt ons... And a cam. But there seems to be a growing trend to go with really nice heads, and stock cams. Look into that too... Been a few posts on it around here lately.
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As many others have stated , you dont need much to get into the 12's for that matter 11's are easily attained . the Big Question is why do you want your car to leave the line like a turtle ? Lol ! Thats half the fun and a BIG part of ET ! What i would do and have done in the past with the basic cam only and boltons type car is put a 35-4000 converter in it with sum 3.73's and drag radials . easily run mid upper 11's and have reliable fun !
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yep you dont need a cam or heads to run those times unless your in a warmer part of the country. My car in sig ran 12.0s in +500 da. Then did 11.9s in -187 da.
Full exhaust, ssra, lid, ss3600, and tune. Oh and a 180lb weight reduction. Also FWIW the same car did 12.0 in -1000 da when it was still full weight.
Full exhaust, ssra, lid, ss3600, and tune. Oh and a 180lb weight reduction. Also FWIW the same car did 12.0 in -1000 da when it was still full weight.