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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 12:58 PM
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I was working on a friends car a few days ago, and while the valve cover was off I noticed the heads were deffinately not stock. He just purchased the car and doesn't know anything about what has been done. Its a 95 Formula, LT1. Heres a pic:



The valve springs appear to be 1.460 diameter dual springs, and the are under the valve cover is almost flush with the valve cover rail. Also, the pushrods appear to be too short. I just thought they looked kind of weird, and was wondering what they might be. Any thoughts?
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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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Yea those are definitely aftermarket heads. But I have no clue as to the brand, and its weird that the outer rail is almost the same hieght as the inner recess

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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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well a good indication they had been switched would be the roller tip rockers LOL.

As far as finding out what heads they are they should have a stamp on the side closest to the radiator.

I am looking at pics of the TFS and AFRs and they could be either.
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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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I've done a set of trick flows. They are deffinately not Trick Flow. Trick flow would have TFS stamped under the valvecover. They actually look cheap, I couldn't imagine them being AFR's.
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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 05:45 PM
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maybe edelbrocks?
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Nope AFR's, MAYBE Canfields but they have so much aluminum in there and the oil passages look like AFR that's what my guess is.

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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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Heres a pic I found of some Canfields, so I guess they are ruled out. The openings for the pushrods are different, and everything just looks different.

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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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the rockers say Crane Cams i believe. Look on the inside. Maybe a jegs kit. He's lucky, i wish mine were aftermarket.
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Does it look to anyone else like it has no guide plates and no self- aligning rockers? 5LTREATR, does it have self -aligning rockers? Dont know what the heads are, sorry....
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Originally Posted by ColeTrains'96Z28
the rockers say Crane Cams i believe. Look on the inside. Maybe a jegs kit. He's lucky, i wish mine were aftermarket.
I think its the Comp Cams logo....JMO
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What do the Exhaust Ports look like, hope they are not Gen I Heads..
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They are early AFR's then.... The rockers are self aligning and they have washers under the studs!!!! Either way get some Pro Mags in there and AFR Guideplates.

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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by SStrokerAce
They are early AFR's then.... The rockers are self aligning and they have washers under the studs!!!! Either way get some Pro Mags in there and AFR Guideplates.

Bret
i was going to say some old AFR's.but bret beat me to it
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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 09:36 PM
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Way different than any ive saw before. He asked me, I looked at the pics, and I had no idea. He said the car didnt feel that impressive. Cheap advance heads or something maby?
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