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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 01:49 AM
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What do you all think is the best Head and Cam combo.
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 02:06 AM
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2 heads, 1 cam - lots of beer!!!

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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 03:11 AM
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What is your goal .... that will influence the part selection. If you fill out your profile and tell us where you live we may even be able to tell you where the best local place is to get the work done. For example if you're in the PNW, TJ Wong's can give you solid advice and do a quality job selecting, assembling and tuning
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 08:57 AM
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Its all gonna depend, read my website.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Peabody
What is your goal .... that will influence the part selection. If you fill out your profile and tell us .......:
How about some info....
From the pic I'd assume you're an L98....????A4 M6 4+3 LTX with older body conversion ???????

The biggest part to your equation is how much money do you want to spend. Increased performance = an exponential expenditure of cubic dollars.
Good luck

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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Staehling
2 heads, 1 cam - lots of beer!!!
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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I was deep into the margaritas, forgive me!
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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Staehling
2 heads, 1 cam - lots of beer!!!
Boy, did my mind go into the gutter. Reminded me of the we used to think of the Boeing 757, long slim body, long landing gear and TWO HUGE MOTORS.
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Originally Posted by Staehling
I was deep into the margaritas, forgive me!
No forgiveness necessary, just hand me one, frozen please.
Now that we've had our fun Rube, tell us what you're shooting for and we'll get serious. It's a wide-open question that begs many more details.
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lots more details. On an TPi car, I'd start with the intake & exhaust, you do anything there yet?

Oh, and I'll have mine on the rocks, salt on the rim please!
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You might as well have asked, "I'm going to Europe, anyone know a good place to eat?"

While it seems easy enough, we don't have anywhere near enough information to answer your question. What kind of car do you have, do you define best as absolute most power or most driveability,do you need to pass emissions, is the car an auto or manual transmission, and a million other things.

In extremely broad strokes, AFR heads in my experience will make the most usable power of any out of the box head. There are exceptions (Brodix track 1 heads come to mind) but for the most part, a lot of people consider AFR heads the best.

Most consider a solid roller to be the best cam style for ultimate power production, but again peoples opinions vary. As far as cam specs or manufacturer, we'll need to know what you want out of the engine to help out.

Drop some more information and we'll be glad to help you out.
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