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Sep 17, 2004 | 11:30 AM

Schurters LT1

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Cyl head HELP

I may have my LT1 heads sold, So ....what would be good to very good cyl head to get to grow with as i need more power...

What do people think of...

Vic Jr 215 rr
trick flow R 215 rr
Afr 215 rr
Dart??
Brodix
I would love the 18x but i don,t think i have the money for all the little extra's

or what head would you put on???

Any ideas would be great. And do to money ??? i may have to bolt up the LT4 intake (for now)

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Sep 17, 2004 | 11:42 AM

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Re: Cyl head HELP

It's an LT1 or a gen I?

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Sep 17, 2004 | 06:00 PM

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it is an LT1....

Sep 17, 2004 | 06:20 PM

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i was going to do a 355 with my stock heads BUT if i sell them...I will step up to a 383 and would like a very good head...

Sep 17, 2004 | 06:25 PM

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I dont know that we have a lot of options ??

I would have just ported the hell out of my stock lt1 heads.. otherwise you can get good numbers using lt4 heads.. of course it costs a lot more than the LT1 route.

Sep 17, 2004 | 09:19 PM

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There are three basic choices in LT1 heads. Ported stock castings (LT1 or LT4), the various flavors of AFR, or the new Edelbrock head. The Edelbrocks are somewhat of an unknown quantity. Even the small (190/195cc) AFR's have more potential than stock castings, but a well ported set of stockers and ported AFR 190/195cc heads are pretty close. The larger port AFR's have a lot more potential but can get quite pricey.

It is possible to convert gen I heads for reverse cooling, but then your LT1/4 intake won't work, etc. And it's not a DIY job for 99.9% of us. So not too many have done this AFAIK.

Rich

Sep 17, 2004 | 09:36 PM

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Well i am looking for something a little bigger..ie:220/227.. I would like a head that is good out of the box just do some clean up and go..then when more money/more power is NEEDED i can port them and so on...

What "could" a 220/227 make in the hp/tq ....

Sep 18, 2004 | 11:53 AM

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Too many variables. With a huge SR cam and high compression or what?

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Sep 18, 2004 | 01:24 PM

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It will not be a huge SR cam(Street SR) high compression (12.1) max N/A pump gas only...

Just looking to see what diff heads do and how many of them could ft the LTX intake...