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| jhammons01 | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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| jsup | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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jsup, one would have to go to school for while to understand Fluid Dynamics. Flow, Conductance etc. Well, one thing is for sure, you're smarter than me. Since most of us, myself included, don't have the skill to figure all that out, we can rely on good ol' common sense. I'm just saying a lot of guys will do mods with these high performance parts without changing out the other important stuff with like high performance parts and wind up with a pig. Better to have a matched not so high performance setup, than a mis matched high performance setup. |
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| klkordzi | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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So while everyone iss talking about heads, what do people think about modified Vortec heads from Scoggins Dickey? This would go on an L98 that would be primarily street driven.
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Posted on: 2008/2/28 2:20
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| jsup | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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So while everyone iss talking about heads, what do people think about modified Vortec heads from Scoggins Dickey? This would go on an L98 that would be primarily street driven. Just buy AFR and make everyone happy. Just kidding, do your homework on what you want.\\ Start a thread you'll get some good responses. Remember to mention your goals, budget, ect..... |
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Posted on: 2008/3/2 5:02
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| jsup | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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Ya know, I can't believe the abuse I'm getting on other forums beucase I suggest that there may be heads out there that can do the job, save you a few bucks, but happen not to be AFR.....
I asked "WTF is with you guys is this some kind of AFR religion or something"... I'm glad this place exists, where the grown ups are at....  |
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Posted on: 2008/3/2 5:05
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| biggrizzly | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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JSUP,
Believe me I understand. I think that all the armchair mechanics read one little bit of information and don't really know anything else. So... to them that is gospel! The whole online phenomena kills me sometimes. People have a hard time being original. I want to applaud you for actually trying to help that kid. If it weren't for you he would have left that thread thinking he needed another 20K to finish his car. Sad!! I know these things can be done on the cheap. Even thought I paid top $$ for my heads, I have still done a pretty good job of keeping costs low. Cheers |
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| bogus | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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So while everyone iss talking about heads, what do people think about modified Vortec heads from Scoggins Dickey? This would go on an L98 that would be primarily street driven. The Vortec heads can make respectable power, my only problem with them is that they are iron... that and you need a different intake base. If it was my $$, there are other aluminum heads out there that will work quite well without the added weight of iron. Brodex, Edelbrock, trick flow, and yes, AFR... just to name a few. Do some surfing through the Summit Racing website. |
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| TimAT | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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If I came across a C4 with a blown engine for 2200 bux, I'd be grinnin' like a possum eatin' peaches. I've got sweet little 450hp 350 that needs a new home. I built it years ago- had it in a Camaro and used to kick the crap out of BB Chevelles and 455 Trans-Ams. Camaro rusted away, still got the engine.
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| bogus | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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If I came across a C4 with a blown engine for 2200 bux, I'd be grinnin' like a possum eatin' peaches. I've got sweet little 450hp 350 that needs a new home. I built it years ago- had it in a Camaro and used to kick the crap out of BB Chevelles and 455 Trans-Ams. Camaro rusted away, still got the engine. Metal cars will do that...  |
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| biggrizzly | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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I don't want to hijack JSUP's thread but ... Bogus already did :tongue:
Just for grins - take a look at the last page of this newsletter file. We have some members' cars on there for sale. This guy has a low mileage C4 for sale $5K with some front end damage. [web]http://www.corvetteclubofamerica.org/newsletters/2008/March2008Pages8-13.pdf[/web] |
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| jsup | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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JSUP, Well, now it's just sport. I'll keep poking the cats with a stick and see if I get a real answer out of any of them. I asked for conclusive proof. Give me a side by side dyno that demonstrates AFRs are worth the money. No takers yet. I'll just keep asking and they'll keep telling me about FLOW. What they don't anticipate, is that I'm stubborn. I will win on duration alone! |
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Posted on: 2008/3/2 6:05
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| dan0617 | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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I told you, take your stick and poke up ol'RJ. He found that Dart's (I think it was dart's) work better than AFR's on his build.
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Posted on: 2008/3/3 2:12
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´89 Vert, 383, 230/236 cam, AFR 195's, LT Headers, HSR intake, 2800 stall, Zex 200 shot, ET Street Radials, tune by me. Runs were with D36 3.07's. On spray, 10.55 @ 132.78, 1.55 60 ft. On motor, 12.08 @ 113.15, 1.66 60 ft. |
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| jsup | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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Who's RJ?
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Posted on: 2008/3/3 2:16
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| dan0617 | RE:Can I rant for a moment....... | ||
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ol'RJ is his username on Corvette Forum. He is the guy who welded my HSR plenum together. When I told him I'm running reworked 113 heads but originally wanted AFR's, he told me how AFR's were not the best heads for his combo. He said something about not alot of room to port them and match them and that he went with Dart's and ended up with more power. It's been a while but if you are looking for someone who has a comparison on AFR's to other heads maybe you could pm him. I think it was his car he was talking about, although he may have other instances as he works on other vettes too. He also welded LD85's plenum.
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´89 Vert, 383, 230/236 cam, AFR 195's, LT Headers, HSR intake, 2800 stall, Zex 200 shot, ET Street Radials, tune by me. Runs were with D36 3.07's. On spray, 10.55 @ 132.78, 1.55 60 ft. On motor, 12.08 @ 113.15, 1.66 60 ft. |
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