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keegan.martin

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revhead347 said:
I swear someone just asked this. It might blow the bottom end out if you do GT40 heads AND a 300 shot of nitrous. Just the heads? No you are fine.

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it would have a cam and holley sniper efi with more fuel air and tuning bs into it as well
 

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keegan.martin said:
it would have a cam and holley sniper efi with more fuel air and tuning bs into it as well
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No, there is some dispute as to where the factory bottom end gives up, but it sure isn't going to be the 280hp those heads pretty much max out at. Not sure where the Holley Sniper comes in. Does this car have a carburetor on it right now? I have a friend who did the Holley Sniper on a 70s Pontiac. It was a pain in the ass to tune. Took him months to figure out that the Sniper didn't like the air filter he had on it. Either way, the engine is only going to suck as much air and fuel as those heads will flow, which isn't much.

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revhead347 said:
No, there is some dispute as to where the factory bottom end gives up, but it sure isn't going to be the 280hp those heads pretty much max out at. Not sure where the Holley Sniper comes in. Does this car have a carburetor on it right now? I have a friend who did the Holley Sniper on a 70s Pontiac. It was a pain in the ass to tune. Took him months to figure out that the Sniper didn't like the air filter he had on it. Either way, the engine is only going to suck as much air and fuel as those heads will flow, which isn't much.

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so save my money and wait and buy aluminum heads? or would it better if i went gt40p?
 

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keegan.martin said:
so save my money and wait and buy aluminum heads? or would it better if i went gt40p?
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Depends on how much you value your time. At my age, there is no way I am wasting a day changing heads and cam to pick up 25hp. , you just add up all the stuff that goes with a head swap. Have you seen what a gallon of antifreeze goes for these days?

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revhead347 said:
Depends on how much you value your time. At my age, there is no way I am wasting a day changing heads and cam to pick up 25hp. , you just add up all the stuff that goes with a head swap. Have you seen what a gallon of antifreeze goes for these days?

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okay so as you can tell budget 101 right so what heads do you recommend
 

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keegan.martin said:
okay so as you can tell budget 101 right so what heads do you recommend
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Honestly, if you are on a budget, hit swap meets, check facebook marketplace, Craigslist, etc. A good set of used heads will work well. Time is your friend, wait until you find a deal in your budget. You can have a discussion about which heads are technically the best, but AFR 165, Edelbrock Performer RPM, Trick Flow 170, ProMaxx, GT40x, etc heads are all within a few hp of each other in the end.

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If you buy used heads, get yourself a little Bluetooth borescope first. It’s not uncommon for someone to sell heads with defects that are not obvious from an external inspection.
 

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You guys are such a bunch of suckers.

This is the same thread on a different day, worded differently…
https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/e303-sniper-afr-heads.922065/

If we only had a moderator that paid attention, so they could to merge this stuff.

On one thread we’re blowin head gaskets if we use an AFR head…now on this one, were blowing the whole engine up instead.

To the OP:

Stay on the one thread…you had your answer(s) in the last one. Stay away from Facebook. You’re only going to hurt yourself if you bounce around asking a whole bunch of related questions in multiple threads.
 
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CarMichael Angelo said:
You guys are such a bunch of suckers.

This is the same thread on a different day, worded differently…
https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/e303-sniper-afr-heads.922065/

If we only had a moderator that paid attention, so they could to merge this stuff.

On one thread we’re blowin head gaskets if we use an AFR head…now on this one, were blowing the whole engine up instead.

To the OP:

Stay on the one thread…you had your answer(s) in the last one. Stay away from Facebook. You’re only going to hurt yourself if you bounce around asking a whole bunch of related questions in multiple threads.
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I catch stuff as I can, was AOL most of yesterday.
keegan.martin said:
it would have a cam and holley sniper efi with more fuel air and tuning bs into it as well
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I can understand the confusion bouncing between facepage and here, you're young and are getting the 'old mechanics tales' so who will you believe? Some faceless keyboard quarterback hiding in the basement of his mom's house or a member here with years of credibility backed up with an actual mustang that they work on. AND most likely you can see proof of here.
Or you can give us the answers you're looking for
Oh, I may have asked this already but does it have factory EFI already?
 

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General karthief said:
Oh, I may have asked this already but does it have factory EFI already?
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I asked in the reverse psychology way.

Kurt
 

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revhead347 said:
I asked in the reverse psychology way.

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You'd think I would notice, I'm psychotic.
 

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Given that the car will be a cruiser and your 18 years old on a budget I would suggest just picking up a set of used gt40 heads and having them gone through. Upgrade the springs and bolt them on with an explorer or cobra intake and 65mm throttle body. Keep the stock injectors, stock cam and maf and enjoy the reliability and low end torque.
 
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General karthief said:
I catch stuff as I can, was AOL most of yesterday.

I can understand the confusion bouncing between facepage and here, you're young and are getting the 'old mechanics tales' so who will you believe? Some faceless keyboard quarterback hiding in the basement of his mom's house or a member here with years of credibility backed up with an actual mustang that they work on. AND most likely you can see proof of here.
Or you can give us the answers you're looking for
Oh, I may have asked this already but does it have factory EFI already?
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General I know your an o.g. But you still go on America on line (aol)?
 

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nickyb said:
General I know your an o.g. But you still go on America on line (aol)?
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as I've said before, I still have the compac presario tower with a floppy disc and dial up.
 

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Getting advice on ANYTHING from FB? just go ahead and kick yourself in the nuts upfront and save yourself the time. Bunch of nut swingers.
 

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Getting advice on ANYTHING from FB? just go ahead and kick yourself in the nuts upfront and save yourself the time. Bunch of nut swingers.
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Say it ain't so!!!
 
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