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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 03:06 PM
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Ok, I thought that I had made up my mind on what H&C combo but I like to change my mind alot. The first combo I was looking at is Trick Flow:

http://www.trickflow.com/partdetail.asp ... toview=sku

The next combo was with a Comp Cam:

http://www.ls1build.com/LS1-Horsepower/Stage3.asp

and RHS heads:

http://www.ls1build.com/LS1-Horsepower/Stage5.asp

Another combo is the Edelbrock 2218 LS1 Cam which is brand new and will be released Jan 18th and the RPM XT heads:

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new ... _rpm.shtml

Edelbrock claims 488 hp with this combo with NO computer tuning on a stock LS6.

I have looked at a number of other H&C packages like Texas Speed and Thunder Racing. What do you guys think? Are there any other good combos that I am over looking?
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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If you have the money you really can't go wrong with the trick flows or a set of AFR's. And you can always spec out your own cam but the one with the trick flow kit looks very similar to the one I had ground after spending countless hours researching it. Your link is to a ford 5.0 kit but I'm guessing you really want this one:

http://www.trickflow.com/partdetail....0&autoview=sku
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Originally Posted by DaveX
If you have the money you really can't go wrong with the trick flows or a set of AFR's. And you can always spec out your own cam but the one with the trick flow kit looks very similar to the one I had ground after spending countless hours researching it. Your link is to a ford 5.0 kit but I'm guessing you really want this one:

http://www.trickflow.com/partdetail....0&autoview=sku
Yeah, I don't know what happened to the link. I never even looked at Ford 5.0 cams.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 06:11 AM
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That Trickflow looks like a good kit, says it even comes with the roller rockers. I'm intrested in that, how much does it cost? Can't find the price.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by SINISTER-TA
Edelbrock claims 488 hp with this combo with NO computer tuning on a stock LS6.
That is bogus. You are going to want/need it tuned no matter which package you go with.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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That Trickflow looks like a good kit, says it even comes with the roller rockers. I'm intrested in that, how much does it cost? Can't find the price.
Search Summitt. There was a link on an earlier thread and it was a shade over 3 grand. I really like the results I have seen from these heads. They make power everywhere.
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