Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
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Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
Which should hit the scrap pile first. The stock heads OR cam?
(stock intake is long gone, so don't even fret)
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Re: Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
The cam! I have seen a 70s junkyard 350 make 320 hp with stock cast iron L98 heads, a comp XE268 cam, a 4bbl carb and headers.
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Re: Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
Picking one I'd pick Cam. At the stock engine level heads or cam will give similar power, but the Cam will give you so much more in ancillary.
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Re: Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
Cam barely has a heartbeat. People talk so bad about the "peanut cam" on here well all of them including the L98 cam are "peanut cams " if you really want to look at it. Something like a 268 cam. 1.6RR, and ofcourse upgraded valve springs would make decent power with those heads.
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Re: Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
I did a cam only tpi L98 stock head deal and made less hp than full bolt ons L98 with stealth ram. Granted stock tpi held it back alot but if you already have intake mods, a great set of heads will make much better gains even with small cam.
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Re: Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
Stock L98 with cam or with heads will both be pretty even.
BUT with a HSR style intake the heads now become a hinderance to the cam but the cam isn't to the heads.
I don't know what intake he has.
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Re: Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
BUT with a HSR style intake the heads now become a hinderance to the cam but the cam isn't to the heads.
Now if you did heads only and 1.6 rocker on a L98 cam, with good intake it could be 40-50 hp over stock heads and that money is well invested because now you just save up for a new 300$ cam and 150$ ls lifters down the road. Heads already have all the work and springs done
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Re: Not sure if its been asked but, whats the WORST. L98: heads OR cam
Silly question, probably, but would slapping 1.6 ratio rockers on a stock cam/head L98 be worth doing if the rockers are super cheap/free and was already doing valve cover gaskets?