Head and Cam package???
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Head and Cam package???
Well i am really pondering which to get! It is a lil more confusing then buying a supercharger i see since all of these numbers that come with actually reading the heads and cams... So really I want to buy some pretty soon where can I go purchase some good ones for a reasonable price... thanks!!! 
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There's an article in a new Corvette magazine, could be Corvette Fever, that shows AFR heads and other parts that put out some good power without losing drivability. I'm going this route since a supercharger could be added later but it doesn't seem necessary, 500 hp is enough for me.
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Originally Posted by 2PHA5T
Well i am really pondering which to get! It is a lil more confusing then buying a supercharger i see since all of these numbers that come with actually reading the heads and cams... So really I want to buy some pretty soon where can I go purchase some good ones for a reasonable price... thanks!!!
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I agree about SLP. Give Jason at Texas speed, a suporting vender, a call, tell him Angelo referred you and he'll hook you up with the right H/C comb at the RIGHT price.
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Originally Posted by red97vette
ive read in the back of some Road and Track mags about an SLP H/C package for the C5 that adds around 150 hp (with exhaust)... is this true?
Ported and hand polished AFR Heads with a monster cam and all of the above might get there though, but probably would not be very street friendly. Best,
mtv
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Originally Posted by red97vette
ive read in the back of some Road and Track mags about an SLP H/C package for the C5 that adds around 150 hp (with exhaust)... is this true?
Just my 2 cents.
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Originally Posted by MTV
Not in my version of reality. 125 hp max for H/C w/Headers w/o cats, FAST Intake manifold 90mm p/p throttle body, electric water pump, UD pulley on a 346. A big block or stroker is a different story though.
Ported and hand polished AFR Heads with a monster cam and all of the above might get there though, but probably would not be very street friendly. Best,
mtv
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Ported and hand polished AFR Heads with a monster cam and all of the above might get there though, but probably would not be very street friendly. Best,
mtv
Fight On!
Check my sig...I'm cam only. Heads the first part of the year and I will be over the 150rwhp mark from stock
Oh and she purrs like a kitten on the street. Its all in the tune and a wide lsa 
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Originally Posted by Rob'sC5
.......... Oh and she purrs like a kitten on the street. Its all in the tune and a wide lsa
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From: (<---~ NOVA ~--->) E \ LUCK F
Just finished the AFR heads and Comp cam 224/228
car made 402 at the wheels with heads, LG headers and cam.
The intake, pulley, injectors and Tbody should prove another 25-30 to the tires...But thats down the road for me.
I love the results.... DYNO numbers are not everything, besides they very anyway. Andy's DYNO is very conservative.
The real test was the 486RWHP Cobra that I put in check this weekend!
Go heads and cam= AFRs and Comp cam
car made 402 at the wheels with heads, LG headers and cam.
The intake, pulley, injectors and Tbody should prove another 25-30 to the tires...But thats down the road for me.
I love the results.... DYNO numbers are not everything, besides they very anyway. Andy's DYNO is very conservative.
The real test was the 486RWHP Cobra that I put in check this weekend!
Go heads and cam= AFRs and Comp cam
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From: Hillsborough NJ
Originally Posted by 2PHA5T
Well i am really pondering which to get! It is a lil more confusing then buying a supercharger i see since all of these numbers that come with actually reading the heads and cams... So really I want to buy some pretty soon where can I go purchase some good ones for a reasonable price... thanks!!!
Depends on what you want to do, and how much you are willing to spend to do it. I wanted my Z to be at a point where if I drove it correctly, I could manage to get it comfortably into the 10's (on the right tires, of course
), and yet be able to enjoy driving it around the street or on the open highway. I basically went with this package from ECS,http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=953651
with the exception that I have a different air intake and kept my Ti exhaust. My car dyno'd at 451.6rwhp/410.6 rwtq, using the 4.10 gears (which, I am told sacrifice maybe 10 or more rwhp). It has what I would consider absolutely marvelous street driving characteristics (I can drive at 40 mph in 4th gear with nary a problem!), and I have what many would consider a "big" cam (LG G5X3 on a 114 lsa). As for performance, I'm not into the 10's yet (basically just got the car back a couple of weeks ago, so I'm still learning). At a recent track rental at Atco I was able to easily drive it to an 11.55@122 (1.69-60'...no power shifting) and Robz also made a "gentle" (no power shifting either) pass at 11.30@123 (1.59-60') and hit the limiter a couple of times while doing this. So the car is capable.