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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 01:46 AM
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Default Katech heads?

I found a set locally...

I do not know alot about their heads, soo can you guys give me your opinions...good, bad, or otherwise?

They are Stg. III's...that is all I will say for now.

Thanks!
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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 02:14 AM
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All that I know is that those are the guys that do the C5R engines for the factory race team ... so they should be pretty good at what they do.
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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 11:09 AM
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Ohh yea..I knew that name was familiar for some reason.

Anyone else have some input?
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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 11:12 PM
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I guess no one else knows about Katech??

Btw, I did a search and did not find what I wanted.
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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 11:48 PM
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I seen a guy with there stg2 heads and a 224 cam make 404 hp in a 98 vette, they seem preety average so if you can get them cheap pick them up
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 10:39 AM
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I have Katech heads S2 w/ 232/232 .574"/.574" 114 cam it made 397rwhp/385rwtq through a chromoly DS, 9" and 28" ET's on a Mustang dyno. I just installed a 232/238 .595"/.605" 112 cam..dyno #'s soon!
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 12:17 PM
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Watch out for the valvesprings. Every set of Katech heads I have heard about have had comp cams 941 springs in them which broke shortly after.

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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 01:24 PM
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Well, I am going to go ahead and pick up the heads.

From what I can find, they seem to be pretty decent, and will work perfect with the cam I am using.


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