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What kinda heads?

Old Jan 27, 2003 | 08:18 PM
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What kinda heads?

Hey guys I have a 79 camaro z28 350 it'll be my first 350 so i'm a beginner at it ...........what do you think would be a first set of heads for me and why and how much would they be.........thanks
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Old Jan 27, 2003 | 08:53 PM
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Car: 82 Z28
Engine: Al LT1 headed LG4 305
Transmission: TH350
Axle/Gears: 3.73 posi with spacer
I wonder where Sitting Bull is?

Well it depends on what you want the car to do; street, stree/strip, strip. Anything from stock heads to $2000 race heads will work. Also, how much do you want to spend?
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Old Jan 27, 2003 | 09:12 PM
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What is the rest of the motor?

If it's stock, get a set of good quality headers, and almost any heads at all besides more of what's on there. The 79 Z28 4-speed I had, I put a set of older double-hump castings on, and a Comp 268 cam, and I don't think I ever replaced the exhaust because the car was still gutless and it got hit so I traded it in on the 83 I have now. That was a long time ago, before you could get really decent headers; in those days they all hung down about 6" below the oil pan and had their collector located where it was totally impossible to hook it up to the stock exhaust, so everybody that had headers had trouble with their exhaust dragging the ground and getting torn off. I think you can do better than that now, they make headers that actually fit the car.
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Old Jan 27, 2003 | 10:38 PM
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Follow the link at the end of my sig for your passport to cheap high performance heads.
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Old Jan 27, 2003 | 10:52 PM
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There's Sitting Bull!
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