custom head and cam swap

[cody0170]

so i has googling and was curious.... i have a npi motor now and am wanting to do a pi h/c/i swap and was thinking well i can go all out and do a little at a time like get some ported heads and a set of custom cams and then save for a kenne bell and during that i can try and find a low millage pi motor then swap my heads and cams to it and since everything will be pi the compression will be low again.


whats a set of custom cams and ported heads rwhp with a npi block. and which ones should i go with.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

A set of Foxlake Stage II heads and VT stage II cams will shove you right past 300 rwhp on a NPI block. Good idea BTW, exactly what I did.

A tip though, don't buy NA cams unless you get them used cheap, if you are really going to buy a blower, go straight to blower cams now.

 

[AaRoN]

A set of Foxlake Stage II heads and VT stage II cams will shove you right past 300 rwhp on a NPI block. Good idea BTW, exactly what I did.

A tip though, don't buy NA cams unless you get them used cheap, if you are really going to buy a blower, go straight to blower cams now.

Got a link for those?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I bought mine from VT, they came in a Foxlake box though, but... Uncle ROn will take good care of you

http://www.foxlakeracing.com/mod2.php

 

[AaRoN]

Thanks JR! I was just gonna get my PI heads p&p but maybe I'll go with those instead.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

They do labor too, but they are awesome quality. I had mine for quite awhile and never a problem.

 

[AaRoN]

They do labor too, but they are awesome quality. I had mine for quite awhile and never a problem.

Yeah I seen that they do porting and assembly. Which is a plus. Did you do cams and all that at the same time?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I initially did a PI head swap an VT Stage I's, that was like 288. Then I went to the head's and stage II's for the win, 312 rwhp. Then I stopped goofing around, built the stroker, strapped on a Novi 2200, and stage II blower cams to hit 463. MPH custom cams took it to nearly 500

 

[AaRoN]

Wow! Impressive #'s. Foxlake heads sound like the choice :santa_grin:

 

[cody0170]

wow a bit pricey.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

wow a bit pricey.

I thought you wanted to build a bad ass modular?

 

[cody0170]

well 1800 heads was kinda steep i thought

 

[voidfinger]

yea thats pretty steap compaired to other companies.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

yea thats pretty steap compaired to other companies.

Compared to who? Patriot? I wouldn't use their head's to hold down paper.. For quality it only goes up in price, those were the cheapest heads I would even use.

 

[AaRoN]

yea thats pretty steap compaired to other companies.

Compared to who? Patriot? I wouldn't use their head's to hold down paper.. For quality it only goes up in price, those were the cheapest heads I would even use.

Power costs money....I will admit that aftermarket heads (good ones) are pricey, but like J.R. said: If you want a bada** modular then you gotta spend the $$$

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Yeah, he didn't call his other thread "I want to build a cheap ass modular".

 

[AaRoN]

Yeah, he didn't call his other thread "I want to build a cheap ass modular".

Nothing (that works) is cheap for these cars anyway.

 

[voidfinger]

the average heads cost in the area of 1300/1500 dollars. I wouldn't spend over that, if i had to i would go buy a 5.0 an put some race heads on it for that , just not worth that amount of money IMHO. But to each their own right. My boat floats with the cheap modulars :santa_grin:

 

[Jrgunn5150]

the average heads cost in the area of 1300/1500 dollars. I wouldn't spend over that, if i had to i would go buy a 5.0 an put some race heads on it for that , just not worth that amount of money IMHO. But to each their own right. My boat floats with the cheap modulars :santa_grin:

From where?

 

[voidfinger]

Well for one, there is the Johnny Lightning head which is like 1500 i think, it is the same head that is on their 9 second truck. Extreamly good F.I. Head.

Then, even though they're on the rocks, but vt had some good heads that was under 1500. I was looking at those about 8 or so months ago. And there are others. I just know that fox lake has some awsome mod stuff. Just a bit pricey, but i guess you get what you pay for right? i've never heard anything bad about the foxlakes.