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Old Feb 24, 2016 | 08:40 PM
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Just want some opinons...i recently had a btr stage 4 cam installed in my 1998 z28...with supposedly stock 243 heads and a ls6 intake...once installed my builder called and said the passenger side head was leaking cooliant from it...long story short they dropped the motor back out pulled the heads and one is warped and they have been milled to death....can't use them...my question is while the motor is down would it be worth the money to ditch the ls6 intake and go with a fast...i also have a 150 shot nitrous set up.....just wondering cost to performance gain.....thanks guys
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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 03:31 AM
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What heads will you be doing?
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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 07:07 AM
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What heads will you be doing?
I have a set of 799 that are getting ported now
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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 07:10 AM
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With ported 799's and a cam a Fast is definitely worth it IMO. And just a FYI, but when I switched over to my current Fast 92 my torque shot through the roof on the 125 shot
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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 08:21 AM
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Definitely worth it.
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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 11:56 AM
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Thanks for the input
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Originally Posted by joe1998ls1
I have a set of 799 that are getting ported now
Carefull...if the heads are milled, even "a little" the BTR IV won't fit (PTV clearance). Straight from Brians mouth when I ordered the Stage IV.
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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 10:32 PM
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Yea that was the problem with the 243's I bought
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Originally Posted by joe1998ls1
Yea that was the problem with the 243's I bought
Yeah, mine were only cut .015 and he exchanged my IV for the III.
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Old Feb 26, 2016 | 09:56 AM
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Yea the 243's I bought were cut at least .040 and dude swore they had never been touched....I can't get him to respond to any of my messages now.....got screwed on that one but karma is a bitch
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Originally Posted by joe1998ls1
Yea the 243's I bought were cut at least .040 and dude swore they had never been touched....I can't get him to respond to any of my messages now.....got screwed on that one but karma is a bitch
Nobody on here I hope...did you have the 799's checked before sending out for porting?
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Old Feb 26, 2016 | 10:17 AM
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He wasn't from here he was from 4th gen f-body club on fb....they are going to check them before they port them...I bought these locally so If there's a problem I can take them back....I'll just get some new trick flows if they have been milled
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