I have a set of TEA 5.3 1.5 heads. I did a search on here and on Google but didn't find what I was looking for.

I'm curious to see who's running these heads, what setup and fast they've gone.

Looking forward to seeing other's setup.

J

 

Not sure about TEA 5.3's but i'm running PRC 5.3's and am very happy with them!

 

It's a couple guys on here that run or has run them and had great results,I no of one off top my head tick tuned it.its a ls1 camaro full weight with 228/230 cam 5.3 heads fast 92 yank ss4k 3.23 rear he ran 11.0's.then he switched to tick polluter cam and made 470rwhp with small headers.good budget head my opinion I have tea ls6 but haven't ran them yet

 

See sig. My 2001 Z/28 ran times in sig @ 3500 lbs race weight.

TEA 5.3
LS6 intake
TR 230/224 reverse split cam
Mac headers/Flowmaster merge
12 bolt 4.30 gears
27" QTP's
Suspension
Mcloed single disk Kevlar

 

Those were extremely good 5.3 heads. Ill dig you up some links. I havent seen any recent setups with them but the results are out there and they were probably the most dominant and proven 5.3 head setup you could buy.

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamometer-results-comparisons/255241-f13-fast-90mm-tea-1-5-s-numbers-inside.html

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...944&styleid=25

 

Thanks for the links. I actually bought these heads from JaSSon several years ago. Geoff suggested a 230/234 .600/.600 112+4 If I could get anywhere in the 11's I would be happy.

 

Thatll be a cakewalk. The most consistent results from these came with Futral F11 and F13 cams from what I remember. Damien aka Josh at Spartan did 455 untuned on an f13 114lsa and ended up tweaking it to the 470+range. I want to say ive seen 450-470 out of g5x3s too.

 

Alot of the gmmg phase 2 cars put down 435-445 with them with cats, ls6 intakes and smaller cams. Id guess in the 224-228 range. There cam specs werent advertised and they varied through years but thats probably safe ballpark. Either way they were small.

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...a-running.html

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/dynamometer-results-comparisons/117193-455-rwhp-409-rwtq-baseline-pull-thanks-tea.html

 

Highly reccomend calling BTRacing for second opinion. Nothing against Geoff as Im a hige fan of his cams and highly respect him and his opinion, but at the same time every good setup ive seen with those heads has been with 2-4 degree duration splits. I'd call him and discuss, then do the same thing back with Geoff if it were me just to be sure. Gonna cost the same money and same time so might as well be positive in your decision. Also have utmost eespect

 

Highly reccomend calling BTRacing for second opinion. Nothing against Geoff as Im a hige fan of his cams and highly respect him and his opinion, but at the same time every good setup ive seen with those heads has been with 2-4 degree duration splits. I'd call him and discuss, then do the same thing back with Geoff if it were me just to be sure. Gonna cost the same money and same time so might as well be positive in your decision. Also have utmost respect for Tooley and I believe he was in charge when those heads were ported so he will know as much as anyone. With that being said, if I were in your shoes id stick with

 

EPS core to have it ground on.

 

I've talked to Brian and Geoff both. I can tell you they are pretty much on opposite sides of the coin when it comes to spec'ing a cam, head gasket thickness and header size.

The cam I listed earlier from Geoff was wrong. I just found it written down. He recommended a 230/234 .600/.600 112+4

Brian recommended 231/242 112+2, lift around .615/.600 IIRC

Geoff doesn't like the added exhaust duration. I know Brian does because he says it helps pull the intake charge in.

I don't know enough about cam dynamics to even ask the right questions, lol.

 

Geoff likes the added exhaust duration with stock type heads. His big mamma jamma is the 236/248....

But it depends on what you told him you wanted. Something that drives nice? The 230/234 112 will give you better manners than the 231/242 112. And make less power, especially on the top end. But it will also make more midrange power given the 108 ICL and similar intake duration.

The TEA 1.5s are great heads. As stated, Josh (Damian) put down 470 with an F13, which is a 230/232 112 camshaft. Tooley designed the heads, so he knows what he is talking about, but Geoff is using something similar to what Josh used. One thing to note is the CSA and port volume of the 1.5s are less than what I have and Brian thought the 234/242 would be very aggressive with a 225cc port on a 346. But it would make a **** ton of power up top. With a 4200 Stall, I didn't care about anything in the midrange.

Depends on what you want.

 

Haha, life's full of surprises. I honestly expected it to be the other way around on cams.

 

Damiens was a 114 icl and ecl

 

Here's the thing, he never asked what I wanted. I had a EPS 226/230 cam before with these heads and it did 430hp/420ft lbs but had all sorts of problems. Bad valve float due to the machine shop setting the heads up wrong, clutch was slipping. I fixed those two things then had a cam failure so I really don't know what it would have put down all things being good. Geoff asked if I liked the 226/230 cam and I said yes and I wanted to go bigger. That's all he asked. I don't know if he didn't ask because he was familiar with the TEA 5.3 heads or what.

I'm not bad mouthing him I was just surprised he never asked what I wanted.

I'd "like" to run in the 11's and trap 120 mph or so. If I can get there with a 230/234 cam that's fine with me.

The car is a 6 speed w/ 3.90's out back. When driving around I rarely find myself under 2k RPM unless I'm in 5th or 6th gear on the highway. If I'm carving corners I'm not going to be below 2k, if I'm racing someone I'm definitely not going to be below 2k, lol. So I'm OK with giving up some idle-low end for some killer mid to upper RPM'ige.

I really do appreciate everyone's input.

J