Best heads for L98
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Best heads for L98
I'm looking to research new heads for my bone stock L98 TPI. Which do you all prefer? will lt1 heads work? Also what should I look for in a head? Kind of new to this and I want to learn.
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Rusty
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Rusty
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What is your plan?
Street?
Strip?
All out race car?
Fun daily driver?
Do you wish to have the biggest and best?
Or just something to run around town?
Daily driver?
Or weekend only car?
Emmissions testing in your area?
what trans?
Take it from a guy who pissed alot of money up a rope. Make a plan first, then select parts.
PK
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I'm looking for a streetable ap. Not a daily driver, but not a track *****. Something that will give me a gain of maybe 30-40 horse. I hear the vortech heads are pretty good, but I want to check out other options. I would like to go forced induction some time in the future, so that might be a factor. Plan on putting a hotter cam in it, and also some tpi runners that breath more along with a larger throttle body. The exhaust is already opened up with headers and test pipe.
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I'm looking for a streetable ap. Not a daily driver, but not a track *****. Something that will give me a gain of maybe 30-40 horse. I hear the vortech heads are pretty good, but I want to check out other options. I would like to go forced induction some time in the future, so that might be a factor. Plan on putting a hotter cam in it, and also some tpi runners that breath more along with a larger throttle body. The exhaust is already opened up with headers and test pipe.
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Thanks for the reply. That does sound like a economical settup which is nice. 12.7 isnt too bad... What would be your recomendation on an intake manifold? I know midamerica sells one they call "high flow" for the tpi's...
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I'm looking for a streetable ap. Not a daily driver, but not a track *****. Something that will give me a gain of maybe 30-40 horse. I hear the vortech heads are pretty good, but I want to check out other options. I would like to go forced induction some time in the future, so that might be a factor. Plan on putting a hotter cam in it, and also some tpi runners that breath more along with a larger throttle body. The exhaust is already opened up with headers and test pipe.
AFR 195s -- even with a stock cam -- should gain more than 30-40 horse. Put a cam, short-runner intake and FI on it and you'd have a rocket. FI+TPI would = tire shedder only.
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