i just bought a cam kit and realized i should just do heads while the motor is a part. i'm thinking about going with a 5.3 head, but there are a lot of choices. mods are in sig. any ideas?

 

TEA, AFR, PRC not in any particular order

 

afr's are little expensive

 

just got mine yesterday, if they work as good as they look, worth every $

 

TEA gets my vote if AFR is too expensive.
Hell TEA gets my vote either way.

 

yea it think thats who im leaning towards. any ideas on what thickness the gaskets should be? with the cam i know i can't mill that much.

 

always a good idea to check p/v in all applications. if you can, go with a .045 cometic gasket and keep quench @ .037 - .038.

 

yeah i think .010 is the max i can mill.

 

With the .040 gasket you will have 11:1+ compression.
You dont need to mill at all with that compression.
TEA has PALLETS of 5.3 BRAND NEW castings and therefore if they "shouldn't" have to mill for compression and if they do it wont be much.

 

Go with TEA.. if you can dig a lil deeper in the pockets go with AFR.. Trust me on this, cause I learned the hard way..

 

give me a break...you got a bum set of heads...it happens

if the heads made crap power then you would have realized it and could have taken them back off then...

im not partial to any company, but tsp was gonna take care of you and then some...even let you have a set of afr's if they made more power...

not only did you cause a bunch of bs and handled it like a little kid, but when tsp offered to do a direct comparison between their heads and the afr's that would have not only been beneficial to you, it would have been a true head to head comparison for people of this community to benefit from...

if your car can't be "ragged on" by making ~6 dyno pulls and having a heads swapped a couple times then you shouldn't be modding your car anyways....

reading your posts and your attitude make me not even want to modify my car

 

are you done...

 

just chill out everyone. i think tea is my best bet,but i think i may call up tsp see what they recomend. they have been great to me so far.

 

I think you "could" get a good set of heads from any of those 3 companies.. Just depends on what kind of money you want to spend.. Give everyone a call and then make your decision!

 

i just see you bash a sponsor repeatedly that provides quality products at reasonable prices and offered to remedy the situation plus hook you up with a sweet deal it just kinda makes me

trust me they provide a lot more to the ls1 community then you or i ever will...

it seems they screwed up and in turn offered to make everything right and then added a cherry on top and you continue to bitch & moan about it in other threads...

your "informative" thread did little except remind people that mistakes are made...if anything you proved for those guys that they stand behind their product and will make things right...

tsp 1.....you 0

i have never spoken to those guys or purchashed anything from them, but after your situation i am a lot more likely to in the future...

good luck with your automobile modifications


TO THE POSTER: from what i've seen if you are on a budget i would vote for the TEA 1.5's

 

I happen to agree with you bro.
As a family on here I would have done the head swap just for the fact it would be good info for the LS1 world.
TSP has shown some good CS the past few weeks and if their heads that cost 700 dollars less even made close to the same HP as the 205 they they are a good deal. Too bad we wont find out.

 

yah that's my major point...i would have done it just for the comparison so i could share with the site the results...fair no bs opportunities for comparisons like that don't happen often. i guess this guy was trying to do us all a favor by making that thread and when tsp came through he

it reminds me of a kid that cries for what he wants and then after he gets it he still isn't satisfied...

i APOLOGIZE to the creator of this thread i know i got off-topic here, i just came across ANOTHER thead with some little bs comment about tsp/prc and decided to say something...

it's a shame i thought this site was about learning/helping others

 

i would get them unmilled and use a stock gasket...it looks like your trying to save a little cash and that should get you 10.8:1~11:1 compression...and you shouldn't have to notch pistons...just be sure to check...

after swapping heads and looking at the mls stock gaskets i would stick with those unless i really needed a different thickness gasket for a specific purpose...they are pretty damn high quality for cheap imho

 

You can save some cash with damn near any gasket besides the cometic gaskets.
They are expensive.
IMO the .040 or .045 is a better setup.
you quench is better and you will add a bit of compression.
It just depends if you want to spend a extra 130 bucks for cometic gaskets vs MLS gaskets.

 

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