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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 09:32 AM
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Default Absolute speed stage 2 5.3L heads?

I see a lot of these heads for sale cheap. What's the deal? Are they good heads? Some say milled .30? Any info would be helpful.

I'm looking at a small cam MTI stealth 1. Would these be good heads?
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 12:25 PM
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ive seen two sets come through my shop... both were beautiful! Only downside I guess is trying to get ahold of Jay!
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Those heads should work very well with the MTI stealth cam. My only advice would get the 2nd generation stealth cam. I called the guys at MTI looking at that cam and I asked them the differences betweeen the two since they are almost identical and the sales men (don't remember his name) basically said that the Stealth II was just a newer version of it.

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Im thinking about selling mine.....
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I just bought a used set not too long ago, had them flowed on Thunder's bench, and they flowed right as they were advertised, peak at about 306 cfm with some good mid-range numbers. But buy them used if you can get your hands on a set, because they sure seem difficult to get new.
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I have seen 2 sets recently for $700.
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i like them. im going to be selling my stage 2's because im upgrading to the stage 2.5's.
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Originally Posted by SSOnYourSix
ive seen two sets come through my shop... both were beautiful! Only downside I guess is trying to get ahold of Jay!
hmmm whos could that be.I dont have 5.3's but 6.0L's,as Mike said beautiful.I gained 32rwhp with them.That is untuned with a rich 11.7 A/F and 24 degrees timing. Looking for a good 10-15 more after tune and more timing.
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