HCI on 100k+ shortblock. Yes or No ?

droptopford 5 0 said:

evrything looks like a well matched combo until you threw out the well worked e7/gt40 thing. i have no personal experience with building with those heads, but i have seen enough people struggle trying to reach power goals that i will throw my .02 in there... ill def agree with grady and recommend tfs heads. not afr's since the budget is tight. but then i wonder, how much of a price difference would it be between new alum heads,and gt40's after they are ported? cant be more than a couple hundred. if your budget is so tight, you probably shouldnt go through with the h/c/i swap. you need to have some wiggle room with funds in case something goes wrong in the install. i.e. it runs like crap after and "cant figure out why" those things tend to be timely at the least, and costly at the worst. don't mean to drag ya down, thats just my opinion. Good luck with whatever route you decide to go down. I always wish the best to any fellow SN member trying to step it up!

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5spd GT said:

Don't ever let anyone tell you that the parts you got are no good, or that you are afraid to go fast, if that is all you can afford. Do what you can afford and good luck You will wake up that car either way!

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final5-0 said:

See that is the thing I have difficulty with ... at times

I try to post generically
and
Not point my replies at anyone specific
but
I see I may have unintentionally pointed my six guns at fiveoho

If I did
or
If you perceive that I did

Then Sir ... You have my ... Official ... Sorry about that

My thoughts were not to say you had bad parts

My efforts were to encourage EVERYBODY to:
Consider each and every option available to them
Consider the outcome of each option

and

If unsure about some of those options
Look and Lean from other's
Success
and
Failures

As for the money budget thing .......
Again ... Before Spending ... Do the fact gathering thing

I don't know if this makes sense to anyone ... but for me .....

I knew what I wanted and kept putting back funds as I could
because
I wanted a very specific outcome
and
My research showed it required a specific plan
and
I vowed to myself ... THIS time ... with THIS combo :Word:

I would not compromise my expectations in certain areas due
to money constraints

Did I have a budget
Did I have money issues
or
More clearly put ... Did I run out of Money

Look at my sig
Why do you think you see a stock part or two being reused

Can you not plainly see my choices where I felt a compromise
would hurt me the least

I was like ... Let me see
Do I want my specific h/c/i choice
or
Do I upgrade the stock stuff

Hey ... I did not have the funds to do it all ... at the time

So ... You Bet ... I relate to working within a budget

anyway ...........

My intent was to motivate and encourage All to consider
possibilities beyond what they might think is possible

Sorry if I ruffled any feathers out there

Grady

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The Green GT said:

Well I dont have an H/C/I but if it means anything, I beat the hell out of my car just about every day for the past year. And I have had no problems besides the water pump, HB, PIP, and TO bearing. And Ill be changing my O2 sensors tomorrow.

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