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Old Nov 28, 2002 | 04:01 PM
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Flow numbers on L98 corvette heads?

I was trying to find out what they were so I could plug them into desktop dyno. Thinking about some AFR 190,195,or something else. I'm not sure yet. That'll be the next big thing for my car. Then I'll just save for the cage and fire jacket.
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Old Nov 28, 2002 | 05:14 PM
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Ther're just under 200cfm@28"
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Old Nov 28, 2002 | 07:44 PM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am GTA
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here you go

intake
lift cfm
.050 29
.100 56
.200 120
.300 160
.400 186
.500 196
.600 199

exhaust
lift cfm
.050 27
.100 52
.200 104
.300 133
.400 150
.500 170
.600 175
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Old Nov 28, 2002 | 08:46 PM
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I'd check the Pro Lightnings, if you can swing the price, cheaper than AFR though, info here, www.procylinders.com
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Old Nov 29, 2002 | 02:49 PM
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WOW!
I didn't think they were that good. Thanks guys.

I tried your link but it didn't work.
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Old Nov 30, 2002 | 01:51 AM
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Here are a few of the more common heads, and how they flow....
http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sum...fo/heads1.html
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Old Nov 30, 2002 | 08:45 AM
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Also check out www.chevyhiperformance.com They have flowbench data on just about every head available. They also compare aluminum to cast iron. Hope this helps. This is where I got all my cylinder head info for my desktop dyno.:rockon:
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Old Dec 1, 2002 | 11:55 AM
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Here's and interesting page about some home ported
iron L-98 heads

Before and after flow test figures too.

http://www.fl-thirdgen.org/head_porting.htm
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Old Dec 2, 2002 | 11:41 AM
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What? No votes for the TFS heads? If you look at their flow per $ ratio, they are quite good as well........
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