What heads for new custom cam?
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What heads for new custom cam? Hey everyone. I just ordered my custom cam yesterday (234/242, .600/.610, 110) and I'm looking for the right heads for it. My car is an A4, every bolt-on but a pulley and EWP, 3800 stall/3.73 gears. I want heads that are going to flow well all the way through and hopefully add some soild midrange power without breaking the bank. Patriot is selling the stock 243's for $385, I was thinking of getting those CNC'd then hand finished. Should I do that or go with something different like AFR's/Darts? I'm open so please give any input you have. Thanks.
In independent testing, just pulling heads off and installing aftermarket, the Dart heads picked up around 30 HP, the AFR picked up around 40 HP and the ET and TFS picked up around 50. A properly ported LS6 will pick up 40 or so, but figure on spending at least $1200 to get it done right. So I say figure out how much money you want to spend and go for it.
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ET and TFS heads are wicked, I just have to see if I can spring for thos. Have you ever seen ported AFR's or what they could do? How do the TEA's compare?
