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Old 04-23-2007, 08:25 PM
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Default Best ported heads?

Just wondering, not planing in changing my heads for a while, but could be a good option though !! Any opinions in wich ones would be like "the best" out there? any links to them ? and if the HP increase is shown would be even better !

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Livernois Motorsports has fantastic ported heads for the 3v; the best i've seen. they got 352 RWHP with just their heads, full exhaust, and a CAI.

stay the hell away from FRPP. they have a decent gain above 4200 RPM, but under that, you lose major power. MAJOR power and torque.
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Livernois Motorsports has fantastic ported heads for the 3v; the best i've seen. they got 352 RWHP with just their heads, full exhaust, and a CAI.

stay the hell away from FRPP. they have a decent gain above 4200 RPM, but under that, you lose major power. MAJOR power and torque.
One of the recent Mustang magazines had an article on the FRPP heads as tested by Sutton, and I think they got a whopping 13 HP from the heads alone! Talk about NO bang for the buck! I went with stage III cams instead, and those are going in Wednesday...

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I thought cams would be a better mod than heads in these cars....
352 RWHP has me thinking though..
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livernois motorsports also got like 417 RWHP with their heads/cams and full bolt ons.

the HP the got was severely limited, as the stock injectors were at their limit. 425+ is possible i think.
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I know this is off topic but, I wonder what gains can be had (N/A) with the 5.0 (302cu/in) stroker and ther full bolt on livernois setup. I might go this route, you know, to be different. Isn't it nice to have a car that gets gains from bolt on's?
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I thought cams would be a better mod than heads in these cars....
352 RWHP has me thinking though..
I've been dynoed at 302rwhp, 317rwtq with my bolt-ons, and we're retuning and dynoing again after the cams go in. I'll post the numbers this weekend...

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317 lb/ft torque or 371?
I feel ya though, I grinned from ear to ear during my dyno session...
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Livernois Motorsports has fantastic ported heads for the 3v; the best i've seen. they got 352 RWHP with just their heads, full exhaust, and a CAI.

stay the hell away from FRPP. they have a decent gain above 4200 RPM, but under that, you lose major power. MAJOR power and torque.
Looks like they have 3 stages of heads. Do you know which ones are pumping 352 RWHP? I'm guessing the stage 3, but didn't see it listed anywhere on the site. 352 RWHP is great. If they're getting that from the stage 1 for $1695/pr, that's outstanding. For $2895 for stage 3, the value is a little more diluted.
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I know this is off topic but, I wonder what gains can be had (N/A) with the 5.0 (302cu/in) stroker and ther full bolt on livernois setup. I might go this route, you know, to be different. Isn't it nice to have a car that gets gains from bolt on's?
lol u got me there, i was about to ask the same question, might be interesting, yeah i know its more expencive than just throwing in a SC, but dunno, i would like to say i have a 5.0 with over 425 rwhp NA
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