afr heads

staind reality · Jun 9, 2010

OK my 95 ft has Shorties and flowmasters and that's about it on engine bolt ons. What do I need to do now or what is the next steps to take to add HP. I'm getting allumiinum DS soon but what engine stuff should come next. Heads? Best kind Afr, edelbrock? Can, what best and what HP gains can I expect. Any info appreciated

94califiveoh · Jun 9, 2010

I'd recommend Trickflow for heads. They are the best damn heads you can slap on your motor and will rock your world. And if you decided to go bigger in the future, Trickflows are the best for porting, lots of meat in em! Let me know, I have a pair, bran new in unopened box, for sale. check out my listing in the classifieds section.

OnyxCobra · Jun 10, 2010

If you're planning on swapping heads I'd at least plan on a new intake manifold too, usually the two are accompanied by a cam and a dynotune for best results :thumbsup:

5.0kid · Jun 10, 2010

yep as onyxcobra said, an hci swap looks to be in your future!

search on these forums and you'll find a lot of info on head/cam/intake combinations and suggestions. many usually suggest in the trickflow top end kits, so i'd look into that. don't forget that you'll want supporting mods with the hci swap including (not all needed but will help performance) injectors, bigger maf meter, throttle body, and cold air intake.

ttocs · Jun 10, 2010

I am going trickflow myself, I have the heads but have not installed them yet. As soon as I match a cam for them they will be hummin........

RideThePONYgt · Jun 10, 2010

look at summit and other sites that have the Trickflow top end kit comes with everything you need. guy on here with a nice yellow stang has it Rice Slayer i think

staind reality · Jun 10, 2010

OK thanks top end kit sounds great. What HP gains are expected

ttocs · Jun 10, 2010

a trickflow HCI will get you up to the 300 hp mark. At least that is what I am aiming for.

modo · Jun 10, 2010

94califiveoh said:
I'd recommend Trickflow for heads. They are the best damn heads you can slap on your motor and will rock your world. And if you decided to go bigger in the future, Trickflows are the best for porting, lots of meat in em! Let me know, I have a pair, bran new in unopened box, for sale. check out my listing in the classifieds section.

trickflow are far from "the best" heads available

RideThePONYgt · Jun 10, 2010

modo said:
94califiveoh said:

I'd recommend Trickflow for heads. They are the best damn heads you can slap on your motor and will rock your world. And if you decided to go bigger in the future, Trickflows are the best for porting, lots of meat in em! Let me know, I have a pair, bran new in unopened box, for sale. check out my listing in the classifieds section.

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true but to my knowledge theres no end all be all head theres always something better out there. but for the money they are a nice set of heads and are a proven performer. but like you said there not the "best"

trickflow are far from "the best" heads available

94califiveoh · Jun 10, 2010

modo said:
94califiveoh said:

I'd recommend Trickflow for heads. They are the best damn heads you can slap on your motor and will rock your world. And if you decided to go bigger in the future, Trickflows are the best for porting, lots of meat in em! Let me know, I have a pair, bran new in unopened box, for sale. check out my listing in the classifieds section.

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trickflow are far from "the best" heads available

It comes down to personal preference. Bests bang for your money TRICKFLOW!

gregbar · Jun 10, 2010

Theres alot of trick flo guys here. I went with AFR 185s

modo · Jun 10, 2010

94califiveoh said:
modo said:

94califiveoh said:

I'd recommend Trickflow for heads. They are the best damn heads you can slap on your motor and will rock your world. And if you decided to go bigger in the future, Trickflows are the best for porting, lots of meat in em! Let me know, I have a pair, bran new in unopened box, for sale. check out my listing in the classifieds section.

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trickflow are far from "the best" heads available

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It comes down to personal preference. Bests bang for your money TRICKFLOW!

actually a nice set of edelbrocks are about 900 bucks and don't require specific pistons to match that intake valve, that the best "bang for the buck" quality head out there

Rice_slayer · Jun 11, 2010

Ha thanks for the comment ride the pony. I am 100% pleased with my trickflow kit, I got the track heat kit and love it, but make sure you do the suporting mods ie: Throttle body, injectors, headers etc. I have no numbers yet as I just did it this winter and haven't gotten it tuned or to the track, but it was defiantly the best mod to date, but after installing it you will after crappy mileage and a nice lumpy idle

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CVictor · Jun 11, 2010

I went with AFR 185 comp's, $1800 shipped to my door but the whole package was just a little bit more

Be prepared to spend some cash. Also, don't forget the cost of a tune after

performer rpm II port matched, 42lb injectors, 85mm abaco maf, etc. (this was my setup, but you'll still need to buy similar parts)

No numbers on them until next week, possibly the one after, but it should put down atleast 405 to the wheels, hopefully more around 420 (331 motor, mahle pistons with valve reliefs, big cam)

BOS-94-003 · Jun 11, 2010

Trickflow twisted wedge 190cc here.

LAFENATU · Jun 11, 2010

I love my AFR 165's.

Quality of AFR's is top notch, you get what you pay for. Wedges make power...anyone that denies that is retarded, but the quality of the AFR's is definitley superior over Trick Flow.

P51CrazyHorse · Jun 12, 2010

One of the major car magazines did an article about the AFR 165's a while back, used 'em on a bone-stock 5.0L H.O. and put some roller-rockers on there. Did nothing to the bottom end, no cam swap, nothing. Just heads and rockers. Wound up pushing just over 400 horse with stock bottom-end.

That's nothing to sneer at...

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/116_0307_ford_302_v8_engine_buildup/index.html

There's the link if anyone feels like reading it.

95Grandtouring5.0 · Jun 12, 2010

^ Dont go by that. I have never heard of another build like that EVER making close 400hp.

Afr heads are definetly better then trickflow out of the box.

Rice_slayer · Jun 12, 2010

95Grandtouring5.0 said:
^ Dont go by that. I have never heard of another build like that EVER making close 400hp.

Afr heads are definetly better then trickflow out of the box.

My thoughts exactly, 400hp from bolting on a pair of heads? I fricken wish! I think they are going my flywheel HP though, so maybe 330-340 at the wheels? Even then, that sounds pretty high...