jsmarsh25

anybody know how much of a different there is between patriot performance's stage 2 and stage 3 heads performance wise? i'm stuck on which ones to buy...

racer02GTstang

just get your heads ported... it will be much cheaper... it cost me 920 to get my heads stage 3 ported with oversized stainless steel valves from MMR

mex69

reallly i did not know that.. soo instead of spending almost 2 grand on a new set of VT heads i could jus port my old heads instead and save almost a G or more. do i still get the same power from buying new heads or whats the main difference.

racer02GTstang

all i set of "aftermarket heads" are is a set of stock ported PI FORD heads with porting and all new parts in them. some come with bronze valve guides and also stainless steel valves... its much cheaper to get the stock heads reworked...

mex69

ahhhh i seee so when i do my rebuild i can save some money by jus sendin my heads in now MMR or VT hmmmm

ZW99GT

I have Patriot Stage 3's on my car. I could have probably been just fine with a nice stage 2 set, or a custom job, but I am just happy with the 3's.

racer02GTstang

yea, you can send them to MMR (where i sent mine), VT, or a place like steen racing... MMR is the cheapest i could find out of the bigger companies..

Horarik

Yup, I used the search function and this was the most relevant thread...

however i have a question to add to this.... In the 5.0 mag i just got they have Patriot stage 3 heads cheaper than stage 2. Why would this be?

texas_stang02

were the heads fully assembled? that's the only reason i can think of that the stage 3 would have been cheaper.. if the stage 2 were fully assembled and the stage 3 were bare. Patriot advertises their stage 2 assembled heads at $1295 and their stage 3 assembled at $1495. or maybe they got a pair of stage 3 heads on sale or through a special promotion or something like that.

GTRACER88

that is a sweet deal