Head upgrade?
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Almost everything is an upgrade but the stock cam doesn't come close to maximizing the protential of the factory E7 heads and will be a bottleneck with better heads, so what is the big picture?
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for the stock motor, home port the e7 heads exhaust. Simple cheap easy, with zero other upgrades .
otherwise, what everyone else asked.
otherwise, what everyone else asked.
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Mountain Pass
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it’s my daily driver and I broke some intake bilts off inside my heads. I feel I’m going to do the same when I take the manifolds off. Iv tried every trick in the book and couldntget em to break loose. I don’t think it’s ever been apart in 30 years
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Mountain Pass
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I’m willing to spend a grand or two on heads and parts
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edit: I really like the look of aluminum heads. I could get some rebuilt e7 heads or get the ones I already have drilled and tapped but they are all painted black and I’m not in the mood to polish them. Aluminum is lighter and the edlebrock ones come with a thread upgrade to get away from aluminum threads
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right now I’m looking at some edlebrock performers #60399. Nothing too crazy and not to pricey. I plan to get some new headers soon and in the future I’d like to change my cam and intake. I definitely don’t want to buy new injectors rn. I just got 8 new ones at 19lb/hr. They were pricey
edit: I really like the look of aluminum heads. I could get some rebuilt e7 heads or get the ones I already have drilled and tapped but they are all painted black and I’m not in the mood to polish them. Aluminum is lighter and the edlebrock ones come with a thread upgrade to get away from aluminum threads
edit: I really like the look of aluminum heads. I could get some rebuilt e7 heads or get the ones I already have drilled and tapped but they are all painted black and I’m not in the mood to polish them. Aluminum is lighter and the edlebrock ones come with a thread upgrade to get away from aluminum threads
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1. It is a long block.
2. I'm pretty sure this a cover-up question for his other thread where he messed up his heads and probably lifters by randomly tightening rockers then running the engine
2. I'm pretty sure this a cover-up question for his other thread where he messed up his heads and probably lifters by randomly tightening rockers then running the engine
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right now I’m looking at some edlebrock performers #60399. Nothing too crazy and not to pricey. I plan to get some new headers soon and in the future I’d like to change my cam and intake. I definitely don’t want to buy new injectors rn. I just got 8 new ones at 19lb/hr. They were pricey
edit: I really like the look of aluminum heads. I could get some rebuilt e7 heads or get the ones I already have drilled and tapped but they are all painted black and I’m not in the mood to polish them. Aluminum is lighter and the edlebrock ones come with a thread upgrade to get away from aluminum threads
edit: I really like the look of aluminum heads. I could get some rebuilt e7 heads or get the ones I already have drilled and tapped but they are all painted black and I’m not in the mood to polish them. Aluminum is lighter and the edlebrock ones come with a thread upgrade to get away from aluminum threads
That will cost you about 7-1000. How do I know?, cause those are the heads I bought.
you will need to notch or get different pistons, 2.02 valves do not have the radial clearance, and will hit the piston.
get afr 160/165, probably cheaper than Edelbrock.
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