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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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I was thinking about getting some of these until I read this.....
http://www.boatstoreonline.com/procomp.html

Anyone using these heads running some good times?
Old Feb 24, 2008 | 07:58 AM
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Only heard bad about them
Old Feb 24, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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only heard bad. i think there flaws were more with their cheap valvetrain
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 04:15 AM
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I guess ill just pony up for some nice ones thanx for the input
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 08:31 AM
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there are some links on here to pics of the quality(which aint there ) of the procomp heads ,from what i have seen they are junk .
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 10:02 AM
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junk from what I have heard. I would never buy a set!
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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I was looking at them too, but decided to save some more $ and do it right the first time
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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You get what you pay for. There's a reason companies like AFR and Canfield have better reputations. Though AFR's valvetrain in previous heads hasn't been the best, it was far from being junk. Pro Comp seems to be the Powerdyne of cylinder heads.
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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Lol, nice reference, yeah with a rep that Pro Comp has I would stay far away.
Old Feb 25, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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A local performance shop did a flow test on them and they only flowed 20 over stock.


nuff said.



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