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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 04:53 PM
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Cam & heads

If I have a trick flow stage 2 cam can I still use stock E7 heads or should I at least do I spring job? What the cheapest but best way to have performance the best?
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 04:58 PM
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The E7 heads are very restrictive. I would try to at least try to find some gt40 heads. But I know how budgets are. At cam change, I would do lifters, pushrods, and springs.
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Fox85
If I have a trick flow stage 2 cam can I still use stock E7 heads or should I at least do I spring job? What the cheapest but best way to have performance the best?
save your money for heads. you are going to one choke of the cam two waste your money and a stage 2 isn't for those heads anyways. there is going to a small bump in hp ..very small and a bumpy idle. remember power is a sum of all parts. If you don't have cash then stick with stock H.O. cam, upgrade the springs and run 1.7s ( 1.7s will bump the lift and sneak some hp) or get a set GT40 heads with a trick flow stage 1 stick or a set of good aluminum heads.
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 05:25 PM
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My car is a daily driver so if I keep the stage 2 cam with stock heads, it should run fine until I pick up gt40 or newer heads right?
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Old Jan 5, 2013 | 11:38 PM
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Doubt it - it may run, but not happily. Stick with stock parts for now until you are ready to install all the upgrade parts. As others have suggested, save the money for a decent set of heads and valvetrain components that can support the lift and flow numbers of the TFS Stage 2 cam.
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