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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 04:00 AM
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looking into some excellent heads for a 441 LS7. i am in the beggining stages of planning this build and am just trying to get a rough idea of what will go into this motor. im thinking AFR or tea maybe. i dont really know for sure which is why i am asking you fine folks. car is mostly street some strip and is only driven on nice days and mostly in the summer. so i want all the NA horsepower and torque i can get.

im shooting for around 11.5:1 compression. thats all i can think of at the moment. if u guys need more info to help me with my head choice then ket me know. thanks everyone
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Budget for heads? What intake or intake style do you want to run?
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I plan to run a fast 102/102. Im willing to spend what I need to on them. Im not really sure what heads are going for these days so I dont have a price in mind
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LT1 heads FTW
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LT1 heads FTW
Now your talking turk.
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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 12:52 PM
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I have TFS 245s and Fast 102/102. Made 600/560 with the stock maf and air duct in a C5. Hope to pick up a little more with a larger intake and ls7 maf.
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Mast 305 ls7 need a head to make power with that many cubes

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^^^i willl check those out. i read that the trickflow 235s are the shiznit for a 441. keep the posts coming guys
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800 hp if done right

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Doing the same as 02sslayer so I'm all ears on this one. Maybe the new Tfs ls3 heads are worth considering when more info comes out on them?
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Originally Posted by roamerz
Doing the same as 02sslayer so I'm all ears on this one. Maybe the new Tfs ls3 heads are worth considering when more info comes out on them?
im thinking LS7, AFR or Trickflow. i want this build to be optmized, i want every thing to work as a team.

another thing, i dont have much of an idea of what this is gonna cost. ive kinda had 15K$ in my head for complete motor. id like to spend less if i can but if i have to go a couple grand more than my thought to make this a proper build then i will
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Originally Posted by roamerz
Doing the same as 02sslayer so I'm all ears on this one. Maybe the new Tfs ls3 heads are worth considering when more info comes out on them?
well lets work as a team ya?
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$15k will do it but will be very very close. Mast ls7 set up correctly are $5k

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You could also go with some AFR 245's. It would make the most top end power but it should make for some really good low/mid range torque.
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Call Richard At WCCH about a set of LS7 All Pro Heads.
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Originally Posted by Gray86hatch
$15k will do it but will be very very close. Mast ls7 set up correctly are $5k

Tim
15k$ sounds reasonable to me, thats a price i feel good about
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You could also go with some AFR 245's. It would make the most top end power but it should make for some really good low/mid range torque.
these heads are in the running as one of my choices right now.
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Call Richard At WCCH about a set of LS7 All Pro Heads.
i will call these other guys tho and see what theyer heads offer.
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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by KILLERARMY
Call Richard At WCCH about a set of LS7 All Pro Heads.
^^^^^ This!
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Originally Posted by KILLERARMY
Call Richard At WCCH about a set of LS7 All Pro Heads.
seems like that is more of race head?
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My TF's 235's made good power with a 90/90 intake and 85mm maf even though the motor was pulling vacum. Thats the 550 512 number below this is with a smaller cam with just over 600 lift because I wanted a reliable topend. I am now going mafless, with a 102/102, a much better exhaust system and a GZ vacum pump should bump it up a bit.
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