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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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my car started ticking pretty loud and i had a lot of people tell me it was an exhaust leak, so i changed the gaskets and tightened everything up and for the life of me couldnt find an exhaust leak. so i took the car to a local shop and they told me the ticking is from a lifter. well since you have to take the heads off to replace the lifters i was thinking about getting a head/cam package. but i have an A4 so if i got a cam i would have to get a stall. all of that is a pretty hefty price. so im lost and trying to figure out if i should get a cam and stall and just put the stock heads back on. or just get a set of heads. i know when something goes wrong it is the prime time to upgrade, but i really dont have an adbundant amount of money for everything. any advise and/or opinions would greatly be apreciated! also sorry if this is the wrong section.
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anyone?
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thanks for the help, you guys are awsome!!!
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Well if you dont have the money to do a heads, cam and stall, then do a cam and stall. Cause if you do heads and cam with no stall then you most likely are going to hurt your performance unless you go with a small duration cam. A good setup would be something like a tr 224 and a 3600 stall. Hope that will help you out a lil bit.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 12:30 PM
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Well if you dont have the money to do a heads, cam and stall, then do a cam and stall. Cause if you do heads and cam with no stall then you most likely are going to hurt your performance unless you go with a small duration cam. A good setup would be something like a tr 224 and a 3600 stall. Hope that will help you out a lil bit.
Good advice. There are many cam/stall cars in the 11's Search is your friend
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ok thanks for the advise! i just ordered a new cam kit and 4000 stall. man i started thinking something was wrong with my account or something cause nobody was replying.
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ok thanks for the advise! i just ordered a new cam kit and 4000 stall. man i started thinking something was wrong with my account or something cause nobody was replying.
Which cam?
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i got a tsp ms4 with a vig 4000 stall
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Originally Posted by second_2_none
i got a tsp ms4 with a vig 4000 stall
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yeah im hoping to finally be in the 11's w/ this set up.
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yeah im hoping to finally be in the 11's w/ this set up.
that should put you in the 11's pretty solidly.. good luck just make sure you have a good tuner to tune that cam
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