So ive been debating on what to do to my car...and im pretty sure im going with cams and heads but i was wondering if any of you guys could give me a price...
How much would it cost to get just cam's installed and how much Rwhp will they provide.
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How much to have my heads port and polished and how much rwhp will that provide.
I think im gonna just do cams first because im pretty sure i wont be able to afford both at the same time..and i want that old school muscle car sound
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03 Mustang GT, bbk cai, steeda short throw shifter, pypes 409 o/r x pipe, 40 series flow masters, mach 1 chin spoiler, mach 1 grill delete, tail light covers. Still to come is tuner,3.73 gear, throttle body intake and pendelum,udp's, and a long time from now a super charger
if your goin for that muscle sound, then you cant go wrong with a set of 4v heads. i got a set with cams for 200 bucks, and im about to buy an intake for 50. i found the timing chains and tensioners at a swap meet. when upgrading your car, it doesnt hurt to look for the best parts you can find, then try to get a good deal on them. some times you can take my aproach to car mods and get some beastly parts for alot less than they are worth.
I'd just send your heads off to Fox Lake or wait for the new Trick Flow Heads and stay 2V. The 4V swap can be pretty involved and complicated, which all adds up to expensive.
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I'd just send your heads off to Fox Lake or wait for the new Trick Flow Heads and stay 2V. The 4V swap can be pretty involved and complicated, which all adds up to expensive.
he's right i did it. it was way more costly than i thought it would be when i started that project.
but back to the topic how much would it cost for just cams and for just heads and them combined and how much hp will it at to the rear wheels for just cams
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03 Mustang GT, bbk cai, steeda short throw shifter, pypes 409 o/r x pipe, 40 series flow masters, mach 1 chin spoiler, mach 1 grill delete, tail light covers. Still to come is tuner,3.73 gear, throttle body intake and pendelum,udp's, and a long time from now a super charger
comp cams usual cost around 550.00 for a set. springs and retainers are about 250. I would think you would get around 30 to 40 hp. complete heads without cams from patriot performance are 1300.00. your not gonna get hardly any power from ported heads cause your not pushing a ton of air through them. so what im saying is if your not gonna supercharge or turbo it the heads are not worth changing. with a supercharger heads give about 40 hp
how much would the average mechanic charge to install a set of cam's....should i come out arond 1200 or so when its all said snd done...will this affect the driveability of my car
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03 Mustang GT, bbk cai, steeda short throw shifter, pypes 409 o/r x pipe, 40 series flow masters, mach 1 chin spoiler, mach 1 grill delete, tail light covers. Still to come is tuner,3.73 gear, throttle body intake and pendelum,udp's, and a long time from now a super charger
i have been pricing and weighing my options about heads and cams and im bound and determined im goign to wait on these Trickflow Heads! supposedly they r in the process of developing custom grind cams for these heads!!!
my friendhas a trans am and had heads a cams put on it and he's now makin 490 hp at the motor and 420 rwhp how come he got way more gains than i will on my mustang..he's still running stock injectors,airbox,only thing done to it is heads, cams, and dyno tune
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03 Mustang GT, bbk cai, steeda short throw shifter, pypes 409 o/r x pipe, 40 series flow masters, mach 1 chin spoiler, mach 1 grill delete, tail light covers. Still to come is tuner,3.73 gear, throttle body intake and pendelum,udp's, and a long time from now a super charger
well for one he is running a 5.7 i mean displacement helps. but yeah these trickflows are a new casting not just a worked cnc'd head
im deff checking them out the Trick Flow tech said that the heads will be $1995!!!!!!!!!! i know im gonna go ahead anad save for this swap instead of shipping em off to fox lake
Yeah those LS1's respond extremely well to heads/cam. I have a buddy with an 01 WS6 with that making a little over 400rwhp. With heads and cam usually on a stang you will be maybe 320rwhp. But i also reccomend the TRickflow heads over anything. They are completely reassembled and if they do come out with a set of cams to go along...oh man thats got me excited, might have to take my car back to the shop lol. I would have figured those heads would be a little more than 2k, but hey thats great. It will be worth the wait and they will make a lot more power than foxlake or patriot ported heads.
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-04 Mustang GT-Intercooled Kenne bell 2.1L supercharged @10psi, C&L cold air intake, mass air flow, Sumitt racing 75mm throttle body, Magnaflow catback with Bassani X-pipe, chip and dyno tuned, 3:73 gears, B&M short shifter, FMS lowering springs and UPR caster camber plates, UPR upper/lower control arms, UPR subframe connectors. Kumho 275 up front/Kumho XS 315 in rear. Currently 420RWHP/435lbtq
-Daily Driver 04 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner, Blacked out, TRD suspension, K&N filter.
well he said that they were making some for FI aswell along with a cnc'd version later. they bolt to either block!!! i found it on another forum im so interested but their heads supposedly made the NA test car produce 390 rwhp with intake and aftermarket cams and lts
and where with the 4v you will ahve to get all sorts of new stuff and these heads flow insane let me find it again and ill post it up
so back to the topic i still havent got a suggestion on what just a cam install will cost me...
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03 Mustang GT, bbk cai, steeda short throw shifter, pypes 409 o/r x pipe, 40 series flow masters, mach 1 chin spoiler, mach 1 grill delete, tail light covers. Still to come is tuner,3.73 gear, throttle body intake and pendelum,udp's, and a long time from now a super charger
so back to the topic i still havent got a suggestion on what just a cam install will cost me...
500 to 1000 depending on the shop.
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3.73 gears, BBK cai,BBK Throttle body and plenum, BBK long tubes with x-pipe, flowmaster 40's, steeda pully's, steeda's tri axle shifter, diablo predator, spec stage 1 clutch,spec aluminum flywheel, crossed drilled rotors front and back, ford racing springs
heads, and cam questing???? 
