Aluminum head advice

[firemanwill28]

I'm looking into buying these heads Tri-State Cylinder Head - Chevy, Ford, Small Block, Performance, Aluminum Cylinder Heads

Has anyone used them or heard good/bad about them? Are there any other aluminum heads in this price range that have worked well for others?

Thanks, Will

 

[Rick 91GT]

Save your money... I pulled a set of a customers car and swapped on a set of AFR205s and picked up 65RWHP with no other changes. You get what you pay for....

 

[dcurtis]

There is a guy on here who has run their heads and liked them, only complaints were the springs, which afr's are known to have not so good springs also, for the price they are probably worth it on a mild build but the afr's will most likely make more power.

 

[firemanwill28]

Yeah 205 is a bit big for my combo; stock cam w/ internals, GT40 intake ported lower, 70mm throttle body, 76mm C&L MAF, underdrives, and maybe 24#ers.

 

[dcurtis]

If you have the money the afr165's would do good for you. I personally have no experiance with either head as I am going to be running twisted wedge heads or rhs 180's on my engine.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Put some on a friends car. We did the heads, TFS stage 1 cam, edelbrock intake, 65mm tb and 24# injectors. Car ran strong and sounded mean.

We lined up to my stock '03 GT and I beat it.

 

[LarsD]

Put some on a friends car. We did the heads, TFS stage 1 cam, edelbrock intake, 65mm tb and 24# injectors. Car ran strong and sounded mean.

We lined up to my stock '03 GT and I beat it.

My old 89 had a TF stage one in it and I think it really hurt the performance of the car. On the dyno it was out of breath by 5K. Since I had GT40P's and all the right supporting hardware on it I have always suspected it was the cam.

 

[firemanwill28]

My other option is spending $275 on a pair of used GT40's and another 250-350 on port and machine work. I know the GT40's work well, but I'm close to the price of Aluminums with the work on used heads??????

 

[lang williams]

or keep an eye out for a used set of quality alum heads. I picked up some gtp's for $100 to run until I build my stroker.

 

[Rick 91GT]

I should have put we swapped off the 210cc version of those heads to the AFR205 and picked up 65HP. Like Dcurtis already posted the AFR165 or the The Twisted Wedge head would work very well for you.

dcurtis, the AFR spring issue has gone away with the newer designs.