So Confused On Trick Flow Heads?

lxman said:

I got pissed and had sarcaasm and that crap because you guys bashed me first. so hell no im not going to tell you guys. and of course you are all going to think im lying or some bs cuz im not going to tell you. I read a lot of the post on here at just laugh. i would love to help people out but everyone on here has the attutide of well since i couldnt figure it out and threw in the towel you should to. Sorry guys i dont work that way. So i will just keep working on my stuff for people that want to go fast and our NMCA dragsters.

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I hope you're not referring to me. If anyone around here who knows my style they would tell you I am a smartass 90% of the time. But when I preface it with a statement letting you know I'm NOT being sarcastic or anything like it, I have a genuine question. Which you still haven't answered. I don't want to beat the drum of which is better based on opinion, I want facts to debunk what I've been told or to support it from guys who have no doubt more experience than me. I am a handshake kind of guy, and took you for an honest person and not a liar, which puts you at a load more experience than me. Really still just curious why afr gets your nod before trick flow considering my limited experience that it's usually a close race, but tf comes out ahead in the battle of the two.

If you could answer I would appreciate it.

Fwiw, all of my points/questions pertained to both the OP and where the thread was going.

Jays out? Man that sucks. Great guy to deal with.

stykthyn said:

Jays out? Man that sucks. Great guy to deal with.

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No hes not, hes an f'ing douche bag that ripped off a ton of people. Good riddance to the piece of crap

fiveohlover said:

ok with all this afr vs tfs stuff. I just want to know what head will make the most power for 1500 bucks, and that i can run a trick flow track heat manifold and a andeson n-41 cam on a stock 302 bottom end and pistons, and not have any clearance problems and that i also can shift it at about 6200-6500 rpm

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thats a really open question. It all depends on the compression ratio of the heads and what intake and cam is used with them. Send an E-mail to Ed Curtis www.flowtechinduction.com and ask him what you are here. You will get more professional accurate and correct answers and less drama BS. Ed set me up with one of his cams and set me up with a real nasty set of Trick Flow High Port heads on my 351 and I'll be getting dyno numbers sometime in june after just getting it running this past weekend but am unable to drive it yet.

I had AFR 185's on my engine before with a TFSR intake and one of Eds cams and it put down 345 but the heads were 72cc Combustion chambers which lowered my compression by a lot.

fiveohwblow said:

I hope you're not referring to me. If anyone around here who knows my style they would tell you I am a smartass 99.9999% of the time. .

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Fixt.

Venom351R said:

No hes not, hes an f'ing douche bag that ripped off a ton of people.

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Never got that impression from him. Glad I wasn't in the majority then.

The thing is, there's not a really huge difference between the AFR and TW heads. Both offer various levels of airflow to support pretty much any level of performance 99% of people are looking for. I leaned heavily toward the TW because it offers better PtV clearance, and I liked the idea of buying heads and an intake from the same company, rather than mixing and matching brands.

In the end it really boils down to this: just figure out what airflow you need, pick a brand an go with it. Damn near 100% of the fanboy TW Vs AFR arguments have very little factual background. For every 350 rwhp 302 with TW heads, there's a similar one running around with AFRs and vice-versa. If one was clearly better than the other, the other company would have went out of business long ago.

stykthyn said:

Never got that impression from him. Glad I wasn't in the majority then.

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He used to be legit until he went off the deep end and ripped off a ton of people and drove his business into the ground.

+1 on what NIC said. Both heads are really good. You would be happy with either head. If you want 350 HP why dont you just throw a blower on it? I had my 95 GT supercharged with the stock heads, stock cam and Cobra intake and exhaust and it put down 335

Jesus! This thread's on page 4? Read post #2 and you're done.