Port & Polish 2v Heads?

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Port & Polish
Here is the deal.
I have a set of 2v 5.4 heads(off a 99 Lightning). I believe they are the same as on my 2001GT(Correct?). I want to send them out to be Port & Polished.

Who does the best heads.
I was thinking it is between:
1. VT Engineering
2. T&J Performance
3. Fox Lake

I am looking for who produces the best #'s.
Or if anyone has any insight as too which has worked for them or has seen on a dyno. That would be helpful too.

Thank you in advance.

 

mogs01gt

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Im going with Fox Lake but I live in ohio so Im a little biased.

 

mrvax

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Don't exclude SteenRacing from your list.

IMO, P&P for N/A is a waste of $$$. Cams/springs and valve work do give proven gains. I base this opinion on a lot of data I collected over time. I believe I wasted $ on the plain old P&P.

 

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my setup is from T&J....Total Engine Airflow does their porting work....my car made 300rwhp with a stock intake and blower cams plus since i have a 98 they worked the heads so that my compression would be in the low 9s:1 instead of 10.5:1 so i can run a blower/turbo...stage 3 porting....if i was using NA cams and a aftermarket intake manifold i wuld probably be makeing 320rwhp easy

Paul

 

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mrvax said:

Don't exclude SteenRacing from your list.

IMO, P&P for N/A is a waste of $$$. Cams/springs and valve work do give proven gains. I base this opinion on a lot of data I collected over time. I believe I wasted $ on the plain old P&P.

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The problem is who did you porting work

Tim is Great!
TEA is Great they have a article in a Mag where they put the TEA heads on a 5.4l truck and it runs 10s with 17 psi!!!Got to love that.Get the best price with any of the majors and you should be fine.If your going to stay N/A forever dont go too big youll kil alot of power down low with the higher flow heads.

 

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VETKILR said:

The problem is who did you porting work

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Hahaha, you might be right. However, I based my opinion on a lot of headswaps that were and were not P&P, stock PI cams, all showed about the same HP for similar mods. If you guys are doing some nice stuff to the valve area, I'd expect a difference than a generic P&P, which I believe I have.

I think the cams and springs really make a big difference. When we were kids, because of carburators, a P&P job did a lot more b/c it worked with the fuel flow AND the airflow. It's different with fuel injection since the fuel doesn't travel through the throttle body.