Cylinder Heads
03-16-2009, 03:34 PM
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Also, I don't know if you know much about tearing motors apart, but wrench times might not be what you think it is. I see you've done bolt ons and such to the car, but do you also know how to degree cams and all that fun stuff? It's one thing to bolt on an exhaust to mess with these OHC heads.
03-16-2009, 03:36 PM
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That would be for the port tho correct? This is why I was looking to straight buy from Ford Racing or Patriot or something like that where I could buy the heads, have them shipped to me, install them in a weekend-ish and be on my way.
03-16-2009, 03:41 PM
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Yeah I'm with the guys saying just get your heads ported. If you have the money to get a new set of heads, valvetrain and all, and intake mani. Your best bet is to get a supercharger anyway, you'll probably gain more for same expense or less. There's a number of 4v guys around here with the same mindset as you but they have either been proved wrong and accepted it, or learned the hard way after they spent too much money for not enough power.
03-16-2009, 08:53 PM
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LOL, ok so, I know everyone is for the F/I setup, and I do understand what everyone is saying, but I'm kinda set on what I wanna do, just need more info on aftermarket heads? Would I get more power from porting a set or buying from say patriot? And would the additional cost be worth it because right now 3500 will get everything I need with the FR500s. Most HP=Least/Moderate expense. Probably not gonna spend 3K for a port job.
03-16-2009, 09:10 PM
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There are no real aftermarket head for the 4.6. Porting your set of heads would be better than any set of heads you could buy, and most cost effective. If you really must get new heads, get 03/04 cobra heads, they are truly the best heads out there for the 4.6 4v other than the 2000 cobra R heads. With that though, you will have to change more than just heads and intake, there is little things that go with it that I don't know, but know there is more than just head/intake swap.
03-16-2009, 09:54 PM
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