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Old Apr 24, 2015 | 09:27 AM
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I have a 2001 trans am Ws6. I have done numerous things to it over the last 2 yrs. LT headers, motor mounts ,lower control arms and brackets, torque arm, pandhard bar, 3600 yank convertor. This car is for street purposes only. I'm wondering what to do next? Budget is around 2- 3000
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Heads and Cam.
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define 'street purposes'.
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define 'street purposes'.
He probably means more of a street car and not the track.
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I vote heads and cam as well
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cam,unless you show me where he can fit heads into a 2-3k budget.
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cam,unless you show me where he can fit heads into a 2-3k budget.
Not everyone needs to run AFR's or TF's lol...port job on some 243's isnt much and a cam's a few hundred bucks. The install job is pretty straight forward. It can easily be done.
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Originally Posted by MonmouthCtyLS7
Not everyone needs to run AFR's or TF's lol...port job on some 243's isnt much and a cam's a few hundred bucks. The install job is pretty straight forward. It can easily be done.
what cam worth going with is a few hundred bucks?

A HOT CAM with everything is almost 700.

and how much are a pair of ported 243s?


and i heard all about your car mr budget setup.
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Old Apr 26, 2015 | 06:31 AM
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I'm a little hesitant about buying used heads. I've read 243 heads do make good power. I just saw a guy yesterday and he told me it's all in the heads
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