Alright I got some money I want to put towards a set of heads for my car. I got lots of choices here. My car is a 94 T/A with all bolt-ons and some suspension pieces. It also has a cc503 cam with 1.6 RR and 918 beehive springs. Some day in the next couple years I want to go with a bigger custom cam. Don't know exactly how big yet, probably a little bigger than a GM847 but small enough to not have to replace the 918's. Here are my choices:

1.There are 2 sets of LT1 heads that are being sold for an awesome price (~$800) but I don't really understand the specs of ported heads. Both are brand new and never used. These are the 2 descriptions:
1st Set)Joe Prince Racing fullly ported alluminum heads, 175CC intake runners, 52CC combustion chambers, 11:1 compression (on stock bottom end), flow 260/203@.550 lift. The heads do not include valve springs/components, but do include Manley 2.00/1.56 valves
2nd Set)Ported heads with bigger valves. 2.00/1.55 valves,52cc combustion chambers. 12551561 casting number. Flow bench, seat and valve work by www.WestCoastCylinderheads.com
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2.Buy a set of heads and send them to a porter I know in Houston that attended S.A.M. He is proven to be efficient with LT1 heads. (~$800)

3.Buy another set of heads and let a local machinist port them. Heard he is awesome but I don't know if he has ever done LT1 heads. (~$800)

Those are my choices. What do you think would be best for me? I'd like to go to Lloyd Elliott but thats out of my budget. I really don't want to spend more than $1000.

 

Le1s are only $850 whats the extra 50 bucks gonna hurt. And you know beyond a shadow of a doubt the guy does good work. But If your asking my opinion Heads are a big step because even if you go cheap their gonna be expensive so spend the extra cash and get something thta you know their no chance your gonna be dissasisfied with

 

I know the price of LE1's and all that but I don't know how they compare with the 2 sets mentioned above. Like I said I'm pretty new to the numbers and what all the different sizes of valves, cc, and everything mean on a set of heads. I just think the LE1's will also be too small for what I got planned in the near future. (BTW thanks for the quick reply!)

 

At a glance I would say the Le1s look identical to the 1st set of heads you mentioned. But they dont have a detailed description on their page it jsut says they flow about 260 on the intake side. I would call LE and talk to them more specifically about the Le1s before i made that decision.

The 2nd set seems like they should perform better with the 2.00s and the slightly 15 or so higher cfm. But I would try to find someone who has their products just to have some testimonial. What exactly do you have planned for the future?

 

I don't want to build a drag car or nothing like that. I just want 400rwhp streetable car (maybe more if possible). Right now its my daily driver but like I said I want a bigger cam and stuff within a couple years and hopefully I'll buy another DD by then. I don't go to the track but maybe 3-4 times a year.

Thats the plan at least but my car has right at 90k miles and it may decide to go before then. If that happens and I need to rebuild I'm gonna go forged 355 with the same heads and cam as above to get me to 400rwhp but with nitrous. At least a 150 shot. So basically the plan is the same with or without the spray.

 

TTT for more opinions

 

West Coast is who I use and they do beautiful work.
Call Richard and get the scoop on them.