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Old 12-13-2007, 04:42 PM
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I have herd from some local people that there have been problems with Patriot heads dropping valves... anyone herd of or experienced this?
Old 12-13-2007, 04:46 PM
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Mine were purchased in 03-4 can't remember and have 20K miles. No problems and good power for the price paid.
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i think they had issues a long, long time ago!! but they fixed all that and have been making good stuff ever since..
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I got a set of 243's about a year ago and havent had any issues like that.
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I was thinking about getting ported LS6 heads... good choice for my current setup? (in sig)
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PP is very good at what they do and have excellent customer service. Give Gunnar a call and hell hook you up. Tell him what you are looking for.
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They had some issues a while back and I mean way back...That was acient history..their customer service has been top notch and they have a good product..
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I like my patriot heads, they work well out of the box and I made some decent power with them. I talk to the guys at pp quite often and they have great customer service.
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Had my PP stage 2 243's, on for 2 weeks now, took them to my engine builder to have them checked out, everything was fine except the spring height was off, so we had to cut the spring seats down to correct the spring hieght. So other than that small hickup and the 90.00$ in machining everything is awesome. Makes real good power.
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what kinda power are you guys making
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my buddy went mid 9's on patriot stg 2 243's on pump gas/meth inj last season with F1SC. Patriot gold springs are the best spring available as far as I'm concerned. I cant say enough good things about that company
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Havnt had it on a Dyno yet, will post numbers eventually, im using the TRAK cam with a fast 90, and all the other good stuff and this car is now a freakin monster with the PP 243 heads.
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Originally Posted by gtorep
Had my PP stage 2 243's, on for 2 weeks now, took them to my engine builder to have them checked out, everything was fine except the spring height was off, so we had to cut the spring seats down to correct the spring hieght. So other than that small hickup and the 90.00$ in machining everything is awesome. Makes real good power.
You just voided any warranty on those heads. Nice one.
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Originally Posted by PREDATOR-Z
You just voided any warranty on those heads. Nice one.
I am aware of this, and Im not really worried about it, cleaning up the CNC tracks voided the warranty too, correcting spring height was the main concern, it was off anywhere from .010 to .030 across both heads with the exception of one cylinder which was correct. Patriot sells a good product and I have faith in them, The waranty on these heads was not a concern when I bought them. Nor was the one on the 32,000 dollar car when I bought it... All are voided...

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I have the PP LS1 Stage II heads and I spray the **** out of them with my setup, and nothing bad (knock on wood) has ever happened to them. I have had those heads on for about a little under two years. And I go to the track at least 10 times in a year. I loved the performance I got from them for the price.
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Originally Posted by fastvet
I have the PP LS1 Stage II heads and I spray the **** out of them with my setup, and nothing bad (knock on wood) has ever happened to them. I have had those heads on for about a little under two years. And I go to the track at least 10 times in a year. I loved the performance I got from them for the price.

Best Bang for the Buck Heads out there!




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