BayAreaStang

so after savin up money and doing lots of research, i figured out what i wanted..if u guys have any suggestions of what else i should buy or pros and cons or anything u want to say, let me know because it will help. by the way i have a 90 hatch lx. also if you know places where i could get the lowest possible price to let me know to. i want to keep this street emissions legal for CA.

Heads: AFR 165's- jegs part #033-1402
Intake: Edelbrock Performer 5.0 RPM II - Summit part #EDL-7123
Cam: not too sure, probably going with a custom cam im going to have some1 build.
Throttle body: Edelbrock 70mm
Roller rockers: 1.6
new pushrods
new lifters, but idk which
is there anything else i should get??

drhoward

timing chain

P Zero

Theres better heads out there than AFR 165's. Theyre hardly any better than GT-40's. I'd recommend that you do some more searching and find a better head.
-P.
PS: Pete Jackson gear drive.

OnyxCobra

somehow that doesnt seem right based on flow numbers... it's been proven time and time again that the 165s are a great head for stock bottom end 5.0s.

Mustangkiler

Dont get a gear drive you will lose horsepower, and afr 165s are fine as long as you dont plan too supercharge with stock pistons.

BayAreaStang

yeah i did a lot of research for 165s and i only heard nothin but great things. and i will look into that timing chain ..thanks
are injectors necessary at this point?? if so i was thinkin 24lb

P Zero

You need to look at the flow charts again....They flowed on a 306 with a 2" inlet pipe. Those flow numbers are "doctored" to make them look good.

IMO, if youre going to spend that much ,oney on a set of heads, bare minimum, go with the 185's (if youre set on AFR). They have the large valves and lots of potential if you do want to upgrade further later on.

-P.

ahittz24

Afr 185's have 2.02 intake valves dont they? the only heads you can put on a stock 5.0 with 2.02 valves and not have clearance issues are the Trick Flow twisted wedge heads. you will have to fly cut the pistons with any other head. If you are going to fly cut the pistons then I say RHS 180cc heads FTW

OnyxCobra

why is this? I see this all the time and people don't seem to have problems.

I think a lot of people hate on AFRs because they are on the expensive side.

P Zero

AFR's arent any more expensive than TFS or RHS. Im not hating on them, but I think they dupe people into thinking that theyre a better head, when theyre not.

Sorry to say but you are wrong sir. The TFS HI -PORT head will bolt on with no fly-cutting required up to .550 lift, except for the '86 HO motor because of the flat tops. The hi-port flows VERY nicely box-stock, and even better ported.

RHS does make a nice head.

-P.