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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 10:01 AM
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I have to do some clutch work this winter and fix the leaking dif so I think I may do everything I can over the winter and am tossing around the idea of head work. I have the G5x3 cam currently, would it be worth porting and polishing the heads or go with different heads? I don't want to spend $1000 dollars here.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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no thoughts?
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Truthfully if you don't want to spend more than a grand it's really not worth it, how many miles on the valve springs? maybe do a fresh set, and upgrade your rockers.

but to take advantage of the heads you have you are looking at spending 1k to 1500, and a new set your looking at 2k +, and yes there are budget heads out there, but remember you pay for what you get!
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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Sending them off to be cnc ported & polished would be the best hp gain per $$$. I don't think you can touch aftermarket heads for less than $2k.
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for max of $1000 is it even worth taking the heads off? no I dont think so.

Save up some for some great heads with valves springs, new timing chain and a great tune
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You can get a great head for under 2k. Trick Flow as cast heads are great heads for the money. Shoot Ron over at vengeance racing an e-mail (Ron@VengeanceRD.com) and he will take care of you.
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Originally Posted by BADZOH6
You can get a great head for under 2k.
That's an expensive night in the red light district, eh?

Aside from that, save up some more scratch and make it worth it.
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