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Ok here goes.
I bought the aluminum cyl heads from www.tristatecylinderhead.com for my car. Apparently they have 2.02 intake valves. I am seeing that some people say they will not work with my stock shortblock but then I am seeing that some people have run eddy's with the 2.02 intake valves. I was looking into the F-cam but was told that would not work. Would the TFS stage 1 cam work without having to flycut the pistons or should I just stay with a stock cam? I need help asap. Or am I SOL on this in all aspects? Please help...

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86bluecobra

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i may be wrong but i was under the impression that the 88 mustangs had fly cut pistons. only the 86 fuel injected 302's didn't.
 
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Only way to know for sure is to set it up with clay and check the piston to valve clearance. Generally speaking, 2.02 valves will not clear stock pistons, the only exception is TFS heads. There is a jig available that will allow you to flycut the pistons without removing them.
 
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