head selection?

[boosted68stang]

Im looking at getting aluminum heads for my motor and have a few selections I was looking at buying a used set of AFR heads that were all cleaned up for about 1,200 but I see those procomp heads all over the place selling for around 700 are they worth it? or is it worth saving up for the AFR heads I keep saying you pay for what you get and heads are pretty important

 

[2000xp8]

Hell no to the pro comps.

For that $1200, what does cleaned up mean to you?
If that's a valve job, bowl cleanup, springs and spring seat pressure, all by a repudable place, then you should definetely get them. That's about $250 worth of labor alone.
If you mean cleaned up as in not dirty, that's no deal.

Also look for twisted wedges, they are the best for the money. AFR's have nothing on them but price. They both make about the same power, except the wedges are $200 less.

 

[srtthis]

Xp8 that being said tw heads also have a 50lb weight adder in a lot of nmra classes... To me that means a lot for what they can do
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[FastDriver]

What AFRs are you referring to? TWs are cheaper, but the AFR165s will fit without any valve clearance issues whereas the TWs might not depending on the cam and whether the pistons are notched. The price difference disappears quickly.

 

[boosted68stang]

I ended up finding a really good deal threw one of my friends to get aluminum svo heads that are bare and ported and in really nice shape for $300.00 there y302 heads and I wanted 64cc for a 9.1 ratio but now I need to find the sizes and which valves and springs to get... any suggestions on that?

 

[Shaun1212]

Heads

Your only going to buy them once, so I'd save up and buy TFS High Port. The originals that started it all. Raised exhaust ports, don't even need to port them they flow like mad....

 

[Shaun1212]

Heads

They used to make the TFS High Ports in cast iron. I don't think they do anymore but they were a great deal for the money