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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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i`m building a 370 that will be alot of street and its fair share of abuse on the track, and i`m stuck in a debate on what heads to use. is there a "better" one to use? i know about the inake issue and cam issue. neither bother me as i would be doing a better intake, and will more than likley do a custom cam(probaly through patric g). i`m not trying to make mega power but a streetable 470 would be nice.
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 05:49 PM
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how much are you looking to spend?
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 10:36 AM
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i found a set of each fo about the same pice. i just want to know if there is a performance advantage
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i've seen some stock l92 put out some good numbers with a mild cam and stock bottom end.
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i've seen some stock l92 put out some good numbers with a mild cam and stock bottom end.
Yup, thats what I put on the 370 I have built right now. I am selling it now though. Anyway, was built for boost though but my buddy put down a little over 500rwhp with stock unported L92/L76 setup and fairly conservative cam with a 427 on a mustag dyno. So that got to tell ya something.
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it`ll be in a full wieght auto trans am if that helps at all and i`m planning on spray at least one stage on it possibly a 200 shot
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tired of your new motor already?....good luck with your build.
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A "properly" ported set of 243's are pretty tough to beat....
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due to the fact that there is currently not many hi per. l92 intake manifolds
i would say ls6 with ls6 intake, or fast 90/90
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