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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 12:56 AM
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would you go bigger cam or heads if you had a 222 224 cam at 370 horsepower.explain what heads or cam.
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 02:15 AM
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You could get a new set of heads to go with the present cam if you like it. For the cam you have, your horsepower is excellent. Also, a good set of heads will increase your horsepower by an average of 40. AFR's are a good set of heads. I personally purchased a set of TSP's terminator heads with a MS3 cam-most of my driving is done at the track. If most of your driving is done on street for a DD, I think a new set of heads is your ticket and hardly no tunning would be required. Hope this helps and good luck.
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 01:21 PM
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Do the heads, definetly. Then if you not happy with the cam, you can just change it out with little exspense and alot less work.
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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i would do the heads and see if you like the results with the tr224
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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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i dunno, . explain more about your setup, what you like and don't like, . . . for a cam like that, heads are recommended but not a necessity, . . the bigger you go on a cam the more the need for a set of heads to utilize the power. If you're pretty happy with that cam i would jus do some heads - maybe TSP's LS6 CNC ported ones, . . you don't need that expensive of heads for a low to mid size cam, . . . you should be over 400 hp and have great low-to-mid torque, . . .

hope that helps
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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I did heads with my tr224 and after a stong tune got some very nice results. So like mentioned above, do heads with the oppurtunity of going bigger with the cam.
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