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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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sorry guys, search is down for me right now. just purchased a set of TEA 1.5 heads from stompastang the other day and wanted to get a good cam that would match the heads well. i'm not looking for any sort of donkey dick cam, i keep my RPMs relatively low for the most part and would like alot of power down there. it's never seen the track and only will a couple of times. this will be my first heads/cam swap and i want to do it right the first time. thank you all, you've been a tremendous help so far.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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oh and if it helps, the car will have full boltons and 4.10s/4.11s through a 9".
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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My X1 has been going strong for 3 years now. I think the TEAs has always liked cams that dont have huge splits in the duration.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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and i'm running an M6. sorry for the multiples, it's 5 am over here right now.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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I was going to buy those heads but ended up getting a procharger instead but if it helps at all I rally did my research and I was either going to run the TR230 or like Jasson said the MTI X1. Both are proven to ahve good power down low in which should yield some nice ET's. Pick either one IMO and you can't go wrong. I also talked to Predator about it and he had mentioned the same so need I say anymore?
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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1 - G5X1 228/232 .588/.574 112 or 114

2- TSP 228/228 XER .588/.588 112,114,115 ....i think .?? Don't know much about this cam ,but it looks good

3- Futural Motorsports F13 cam ......enough said ..great with those heads

I've seen several cars with TEA 1.5 5.3 heads with the G5X1 and the F13 cam run some 11.4's - 11. 2's on thier first pass down the track at 117 - 122 mph A4's and M6's guys.

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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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Damn you furious george, I was gonna buy those. The lifter and spring part numbers he had didn't match to anything though and he didn't answer my pm
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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hmm looks like i'm prolly going to pick up a G5X1 pretty soon then. thanks guys you haven't let me down yet. oh and sorry Camarod, that was too good of a deal for me to pass up.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:01 PM
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i meant the X1
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TEA 1.5's work really well with a TR224 and a set of kooks headers. This is a tried and proven set up that will put you solidly in the 420hp range and give you good street manners.

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sound convincing with the TR224. with the MTI X1, does anybody know if i'm going to have to flycut my pistons? thanks again
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Cam Motion will custom grind a cam based on your application and needs.

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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Furious_George
sound convincing with the TR224. with the MTI X1, does anybody know if i'm going to have to flycut my pistons? thanks again
No you dont.
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 10:11 PM
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What head casting are we talking about?
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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oops, guess i didn't put that down either. that would probably help. they are the GM 5.3 heads, i believe it's the 706 casting.
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 10:59 AM
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i made 436 rw with a set of tea stage 1 5.3 heads with a 228 r on a 112. they had 57 cc chambers so my scr/dcr was up there, i think about 11:7 scr/8.9 dcr or so.
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trap...

was that with the TSP 228 listed above? with .588" lift?

and was the 57cc due to having them milled?

were you able to run the 11.7 CR on pump gas??
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Good stuff....... I have a set of TEA 1.5 5.3ltr heads that were messaged over by force fed performance.... they are used LOL....sitting in the living room. I am currently running a TR224 112lsa so this is good info for me..

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Originally Posted by slow trap
i made 436 rw with a set of tea stage 1 5.3 heads with a 228 r on a 112. they had 57 cc chambers so my scr/dcr was up there, i think about 11:7 scr/8.9 dcr or so.
With 57cc chambers and -2cc pistons at 0 deck and .030 puts me at 11.92. So it might have been a little higher.
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ended up going with the F13 with 114 lsa and 4 degrees advanced timing. talked to alot of guys and figured it would be best. thanks for the help guys.
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