Advice needed on the heads
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The story has always been the same. Performance cost money, do it right the first time. If you can't afford a good name quality part today, wait, save your money and buy better tomorrow. I won't buy used. I spend hours searching the web for the best deal for the best parts. The key isn't in a single brand name, it's about finding the best quality part designed for what you want to achieve. I just ordered Edelbrock heads for my build. I looked at all the top quality heads: AFR, Bordix, Edelbrock and Dart because Chinese junk won't go into my car. I purchased Edelbrock because they manufacture top quality parts, the ports will aligned better to my Edelbrock intake and they had the closest specs for what I needed for my build. I had to wait a couple of additional paydays to get them, but I know I will be happy with them for as long as I own the car.
Last edited by OldCarBum; Sep 22, 2017 at 12:26 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '05
have a set of afr 220s sitting here been wanting them for yrs...cheaped out many yrs ago over 2-300 bought some Darts and a sales pitch wiht "they are about the same as" ugh.
Spent thousands on them..they are good but always felt I cheated myself. Not now.
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Drifting
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Talked to the tech at blueprint engines and they recommended:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cca-k08-423-8
with these:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mll-h8002k
but it is very close to this:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tfs-k314-420-395
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cca-k08-423-8
with these:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mll-h8002k
but it is very close to this:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/tfs-k314-420-395
Last edited by Primoz; Sep 22, 2017 at 01:40 PM.
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I'm not being a smart *** and don't want you to take this the wrong way but.....
At this price point your not going to find a 'magic bullet' that'll produce significantly more HP than anything else. Its just not possible.
Your options are a 'kit' like an Edlebrock or Trickflow or buying it all piece by piece. Piece by piece will cost more. As long as the cam matches the heads you cant wrong with either....
At this price point your not going to find a 'magic bullet' that'll produce significantly more HP than anything else. Its just not possible.
Your options are a 'kit' like an Edlebrock or Trickflow or buying it all piece by piece. Piece by piece will cost more. As long as the cam matches the heads you cant wrong with either....
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Drifting
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That kit is most definately cheaper way to go! And as you said there is no magic here.
I'm thinking if it is worth it in the end. I already noticed quite a step with new distributor and a good timing set-up as per Lars.
I'm thinking if it is worth it in the end. I already noticed quite a step with new distributor and a good timing set-up as per Lars.
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Drifting
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I just talked to the tech at Summit and they said that the heads in this:
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...-400/overview/
are made by trick flow!
Nice!
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...-400/overview/
are made by trick flow!
Nice!
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I just talked to the tech at Summit and they said that the heads in this:
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...-400/overview/
are made by trick flow!
Nice!
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...-400/overview/
are made by trick flow!
Nice!