Edelbrock or Trick Flow?
08-21-2011, 11:12 PM
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I wouldn't even worry about heads for your goal.
Spend the money you were going to spend on heads to first get the car running right - fix your oil leaks, tuneup, etc. Then step the cam up a bit from that tiny 210int lobe, and with supporting mods you will be mid 12s easily, in daily drivable trim.
If you stay somewhere between the comp 466 for the smaller side and the AI/LE ~226int grinds for the larger side you will still be perfectly streetable (if your tuner is worth his weight in salt) and make enough power to run mid 12s on stock heads without overly aggressive gears, stalls, and excessive weight reduction.
Spend the money you were going to spend on heads to first get the car running right - fix your oil leaks, tuneup, etc. Then step the cam up a bit from that tiny 210int lobe, and with supporting mods you will be mid 12s easily, in daily drivable trim.
If you stay somewhere between the comp 466 for the smaller side and the AI/LE ~226int grinds for the larger side you will still be perfectly streetable (if your tuner is worth his weight in salt) and make enough power to run mid 12s on stock heads without overly aggressive gears, stalls, and excessive weight reduction.
08-22-2011, 09:26 AM
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I wouldn't even worry about heads for your goal.
Spend the money you were going to spend on heads to first get the car running right - fix your oil leaks, tuneup, etc. Then step the cam up a bit from that tiny 210int lobe, and with supporting mods you will be mid 12s easily, in daily drivable trim.
If you stay somewhere between the comp 466 for the smaller side and the AI/LE ~226int grinds for the larger side you will still be perfectly streetable (if your tuner is worth his weight in salt) and make enough power to run mid 12s on stock heads without overly aggressive gears, stalls, and excessive weight reduction.
Spend the money you were going to spend on heads to first get the car running right - fix your oil leaks, tuneup, etc. Then step the cam up a bit from that tiny 210int lobe, and with supporting mods you will be mid 12s easily, in daily drivable trim.
If you stay somewhere between the comp 466 for the smaller side and the AI/LE ~226int grinds for the larger side you will still be perfectly streetable (if your tuner is worth his weight in salt) and make enough power to run mid 12s on stock heads without overly aggressive gears, stalls, and excessive weight reduction.
Im gonna get tuned by pcm for less, cause no one in my area tunes LT1's
08-22-2011, 11:19 AM
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Dont talk him out of getting his heads done, that is the best place to spend money. It will give him much greater room to expand down the road and make more power.
08-22-2011, 12:07 PM
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08-22-2011, 01:08 PM
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Call Ron or Phil at AI, get you a set of TFS heads. You will not be disappointed.
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08-22-2011, 02:03 PM
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lol
well its already got all the bolt ons.. longtubes, no cats, pulley, that small cam, block is .40 over.
the only thing thats buggin me right now is that oil leak and the issue with low oil pressure. the sensor that goes in the oil pan has been changed and the other sensor thats by the manifold is new.... and same thing!
could it just be that the guage is wrong?
well its already got all the bolt ons.. longtubes, no cats, pulley, that small cam, block is .40 over.
the only thing thats buggin me right now is that oil leak and the issue with low oil pressure. the sensor that goes in the oil pan has been changed and the other sensor thats by the manifold is new.... and same thing!
could it just be that the guage is wrong?
thank you sir 