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gwiesem

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can i use aftermarket heads with a stock intake,will there be any hp gains,im on a tight budget,but i need new heads and can se putting any money into the old e7s
 
You can and you will!! I suggest at least gasket match the intake runners to the heads... usually the felpro 1250 gasket!! However as YOU Know.. untill you UPGRADE the intake and a bunch of othere things... you will see only A SMALL bump!!

Unless you have the heads already... get gears!! 3.73's / 4.11's !! Then Exhaust....! Then intake and be thinking of camshaft... Timing Chain.. injecters..T/B and you know what?? your car will be 4 xs as fast as it will be with just the heads!! and probably for the same COST!!

Dont be FOOLED into thinking the heads are the magic bullet!! Gears.. cam.. intake... all make the heads work like you would expect.... SOOOooo... Me?? refigure.. and get the small stuff for the cost of one BIG thing.. and look into heads as the last upgrade!! I wouldnt do heads untill I was in the high 11's on iron heads!! cool??

Have fun....

Just me...................................

Thumper
 
gwiesem said:
MY POINT WAS THAT I ALREADY NEED NEW HEADS,THE GUIDES ARE WIPED OUT,WOULDNT IT BE BETTER TO BUY NEW HEADS INSTED OF WASTING MONEY ON THE OLD ONES

Probably. I know that was the reason I changed my heads. I still have the stock intake manifolds on there as well. The heads seem to have given it a lil more kick but I've never dynoed or raced with or without them so I can't say for sure. But it most definitely does work.
 
If it were me, I would get new heads instead of rebuilding your E7's. But like mentioned above you are not gonna see the true potential of a head swap without the other supporting mods.
 
gcwh02 said:
yea if you want good heads, get good heads, I would. If you dont get what you want you will never be satisfied.

Amen.......If you have your heart set on some nice Aluminum heads then get them. But you are not going to see much gains from them with the stock intake, TB and MAF in place