Patriot vs. Trick Flow
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Patriot vs. Trick Flow
This may have been asked before but, forgetting the price, based on performance only, which heads are better on the LS1? My car (2002 a4 coupe) will going in the shop soon and my guy will be using Trick Flow heads which he recomends and installs them on all his cars. My uncle has a 2000 SS with Patriot heads and says the performance is the same for less too. So, which heads are better? 
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My pckage will include Trick Flow heads, custom grind cam, fast intake, scorpion rocker arms, comp cam valve springs, LG pro long tube headers xpipe and cats, 3600 stall converter, 3.73 gears and custom tune. I might have missed a few things but thats it. The cam will be for a broad power band with good top end, dont know all specs yet. We're aiming for 450-470 rwhp. At .600 lift the patriots flow 2cfm more but the trck flows out flowed the patriots exhaust by 22cfm. Should I stick with TF?
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My pckage will include Trick Flow heads, custom grind cam, fast intake, scorpion rocker arms, comp cam valve springs, LG pro long tube headers xpipe and cats, 3600 stall converter, 3.73 gears and custom tune. I might have missed a few things but thats it. The cam will be for a broad power band with good top end, dont know all specs yet. We're aiming for 450-470 rwhp. At .600 lift the patriots flow 2cfm more but the trck flows out flowed the patriots exhaust by 22cfm. Should I stick with TF?
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I get the point. TFS it is. Thnx guys. If anyone out there has used either brand with a similiar setup, let me know the numbers you guys got.
Thnx for the advice Vettenuts. I'll ask about the scorpions but he has used them for a while so Im sure he got the kinks out... i hope. Thnx.
Thnx for the advice Vettenuts. I'll ask about the scorpions but he has used them for a while so Im sure he got the kinks out... i hope. Thnx.
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ya i would think the patriot heads are a good head if u dont have alot of money to sink in it ,or if u wanna do some other stuff to the car then the patriot heads make a good choice ,if u can fork out an xtra 1,000 dollars or more for the tfs heads than so be it,i would think there may be a 40 to 50 diffirernce in power ,maybe more maybe less ,each car is different ,Supporting mods will contribute to the end rwhp #s in the end its all about the $
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Melting Slicks
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See my sig for set up and numbers with the Trickflow. I'm hoping to get 465-470 once I do the ported Fast 90 combo. I don't see 470 coming from an A4. I guess a monsterous cam might get you there.
Melting Slicks
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small cam + TFS 215s with cats + LT = 11.3s. I've only launched the car 6 times. I actually think it will go a little faster. I've heard good things about the other heads, but if you look closely you will see a lot of success stories w/the TFS heads. As a whole, they generally work really good.
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See my sig. The lg is on 114 and does have over .600 lift on both sides. I have hit 457rwhp with non ported fast and on a 90 degree day in August. I think I can tune another 10 out of it just haven't had time to get back to the dyno lately. Car has only 45000 on block.
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I picked up 41hp. with a set of Patriots I bought used for $800 thats $19.51per hp. At $2300 a pair you would need to gain 118hp to get the same hp per dollar with Trick Flows.Dyno Graphs here http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1874971 The $1500 I saved will pay for alot of the forged bottom end build when I go FI.
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1874549
check out this thread I started about a trick-flow package deal from summit racing. $3099 for heads\cam\harland sharp rockers\push rods\gaskets and bolts...515HP and 460 tq (it was said this was at the engine...that is some mean power for the money...
check out this thread I started about a trick-flow package deal from summit racing. $3099 for heads\cam\harland sharp rockers\push rods\gaskets and bolts...515HP and 460 tq (it was said this was at the engine...that is some mean power for the money...
