Heads for 408 build.
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Heads for 408 build. I will go ahead and ask another age old question. I know this has been discussed before, but I'd like to know opinions. I've looked over the market for heads, and came to a half decided conclusion. I am building a 408 with 90/90 intake and around a 10.6 compression. The heads that I first looked over were AFR's and TEA. TEA's price is way on up there for a set of heads, which I'm sure they are quality. But, I looked into the AFR Mongoose 225 Strip heads and really like the flow charts on these. If these would be great, what size cc chambers 62, 65, or 72? Is this over kill for a 408 on the street? I am aiming for at least 500RWHP, but really want 550RWHP as my main goal or more if it can achieve. Please give me any input of possible heads that flow as well as these... 
Originally Posted by vettefever17
I will go ahead and ask another age old question. I know this has been discussed before, but I'd like to know opinions. I've looked over the market for heads, and came to a half decided conclusion. I am building a 408 with 90/90 intake and around a 10.6 compression. The heads that I first looked over were AFR's and TEA. TEA's price is way on up there for a set of heads, which I'm sure they are quality. But, I looked into the AFR Mongoose 225 Strip heads and really like the flow charts on these. If these would be great, what size cc chambers 62, 65, or 72? Is this over kill for a 408 on the street? I am aiming for at least 500RWHP, but really want 550RWHP as my main goal or more if it can achieve. Please give me any input of possible heads that flow as well as these...
if you dont really want to spend the money then go with the l92, l76 stuff. but i cant complain about the afr 225's i got 567/528 on motor.. but higher comprassion which by the way i would recomment you go with closer to 12:1.
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If you want the best performance then it'll cost you $$$. If you want the best bang for the buck then it'll cost you RWHP. That said I went for the best performance for my 408 project.
ETP LS7 heads for a 4.0 bore and a LS7 intake. This will out flow a fast 90/90 and for $3200 the heads had better be the best damn heads out there
ETP LS7 heads for a 4.0 bore and a LS7 intake. This will out flow a fast 90/90 and for $3200 the heads had better be the best damn heads out there
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you could hit your hp goal with the L92/L76 setup it just depends on how big of a cam you wanna run. from what i understand these heads and the right cam can be very streetable, but for BIG power you gotto shell out the big bucks.
heres a recent thread where someone dynoed a 403 with a decent sized cam and he made 551whp and over 520 ft-lbs....granted it was on a corvette (less drivetrain loss) and im assuming its a 6 speed. but you can see from that that they make great power across the board and for *untouched* cast heads those are awesome numbers for a great price.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iv-internal-engine/652763-my-403-ls2-l92-l76-finally-running-video.html
heres a recent thread where someone dynoed a 403 with a decent sized cam and he made 551whp and over 520 ft-lbs....granted it was on a corvette (less drivetrain loss) and im assuming its a 6 speed. but you can see from that that they make great power across the board and for *untouched* cast heads those are awesome numbers for a great price.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iv-internal-engine/652763-my-403-ls2-l92-l76-finally-running-video.html
Last edited by ExTurbo; Feb 13, 2007 at 09:25 AM.
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Originally Posted by darrensls1
If you want the best performance then it'll cost you $$$. If you want the best bang for the buck then it'll cost you RWHP. That said I went for the best performance for my 408 project.
ETP LS7 heads for a 4.0 bore and a LS7 intake. This will out flow a fast 90/90 and for $3200 the heads had better be the best damn heads out there
ETP LS7 heads for a 4.0 bore and a LS7 intake. This will out flow a fast 90/90 and for $3200 the heads had better be the best damn heads out there
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Originally Posted by Stang Killer
sweet....so your runnin the LS7 heads on you 408? i found flow #'s for the L92's, but how much differant are the LS7's?
But here is a link to ETP's website. Just click on products/performance and then click the LS7 4" to get flow numbers. After talking with Cary @ ETP he assured me that a 408 will make noticeably more power with the LS7 heads/LS7 intake then a setup with say ETP 240 heads/fast 90-90.
http://www.etheads.com/mainpage.htm
I'm still trying to decide between ET/TSP/L92's myself. I'm still waiting to see some numbers from the CNC'd L92 's and have yet to see any numbers from TSP/ET with a big cam. So far everyone is doing their strokers with nice heads and conservative cams. I don't plan on going conservative on my buildup 