hey guys my trucks been out of order for like 3-4 weeks now. one of the spark plugs holes blew out to wheres it stripped the hole. im waiting to here some info on the trickflow heads. all ive seen and read about is one person blew there motor with it and the other claimed not to be satisfied. i need more info. i wanna do stage two cam trickflow and 4lb. CAI and tune. i really want to start driving my truck again. just to fix that one hole with a heli coli its 1000 and not garanted not to pop out. (from FORD dealer) i just gnna cash out the rest and do it right.
trickflow heads
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they sell kits to do it your self fairly cheap.
what do you call fairly cheap? The timesert kits are over $400 to fix blown plug threads.
Take off the heads, and bring them to me. Ill take care of all of them for less than 1000. Which hole is it?
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yeah just take it to a custom shop if you know any good ones around that deal with sports cars. i one put in for likr 400 or so if i remember correctly and held till i blew the motor lol. on the trick flow heads im waiting for block to get in to put them on the new built engine. on the guy that blews his engine with them i heard there were other problems involved......good luck either way
I am about done with my 38cc trick flow heads and patriot stage 2.5 cams install on JDM lower end with a whipple. The heads looked 100x cleaner/better than the ported stockers I replaced them with. A few of the vendors have put them on local truck and said there customers are more then happy with the Trick flows. They also said that right out of the box they flow similar numbers to the stage 3 ported stockers. Once mine is up and running I will let you know what I think about them. Wont get the truck dynoed until Oct 8th though.
thanks guys 400 is a lot cheeper. but i really wont it to be fixed the right way. trick flows on stock bottom end stage two cam and 4lb pulley should be ok or no. i hope if i do go this route i dont blow the rods. i will have a safe tune. but let me know the more info the better. thanks again.
i belive its hole 2 or 3. cant remember n im to lazy to go check. haha
Timecerts and helicoils suck, thats why ford switched to Lock N Stitch hard anodized aluminum inserts.. I work at Lock N Stitch.
the inserts are fixing it the right way just the cheaper way but if you got the money go for it and you should be ok but dont be surprised when your boost #s its just cus your flowing more air, you will be making a bit more power though
IMO send the stock heads to a reputable shop and have them rebuilt w/cnc porting and better springs. That way when you step up to a set of cams it'll be "plug and play" all in a weekends worth of work.
I used fox lake for my work. Very pleased with the quality and workmanship. (cost a lot though because I went full out. SS valves, springs, hardend seats, thread inserts, ect..)
Rich
I used fox lake for my work. Very pleased with the quality and workmanship. (cost a lot though because I went full out. SS valves, springs, hardend seats, thread inserts, ect..)
Rich
The TF heads will take some adapting when you use them on the 5.4.We had to get 8mm bolts to replace some of the 10mm stock bolts that bolt the timing chain cover to the heads. Also had to notch a small corner on the intake manifold on the front passenger side. Then you will have to make some kind of mounting bracket for the power steering reservore. The TF heads don't have to bolt holes to fasten the bracket to.
JLP dynoed my buddy's truck that has stock cams, TF heads, long tubes, cobra water pump, SBTB and JLP air box. Johnny had to add a MAFIA to get the air flow under control. After a new tune and a few pulls on the dyno the truck made around 430 HP. Not real sure of the exact number.
JLP dynoed my buddy's truck that has stock cams, TF heads, long tubes, cobra water pump, SBTB and JLP air box. Johnny had to add a MAFIA to get the air flow under control. After a new tune and a few pulls on the dyno the truck made around 430 HP. Not real sure of the exact number.
Wow! Thats some nice numbers with just this tuning and the TF heads I think! Take your buddy the 38cc or the 44cc version? Did you have some pics for me? Particularly from the mounting bracket, witch bolts you mean and the corner in the manifold...maybe the hole package ;-) !?
I will use the 44cc with stage2 cams, k&n intake, c&l pipe,Kooks Lt´s and race cats - what do you think can I estimate? I don´t have a MAFIA, did you think it´s worth in my stage of tuning?
Thanks and sorry for my crappy English!!
Greetings from Cologne!
Chris
I will use the 44cc with stage2 cams, k&n intake, c&l pipe,Kooks Lt´s and race cats - what do you think can I estimate? I don´t have a MAFIA, did you think it´s worth in my stage of tuning?
Thanks and sorry for my crappy English!!
Greetings from Cologne!
Chris
well im going to see some real numbers with the trick flow heads tomorrow. The same place doing all the work on my L just got finished with a harley d and it has the same long block and the new tf heads as mine will the only difference is that he has the patriot cams and a 3.4. I will be using the kb 2.6h and some custom cams.
sounds good. Ive been waiting for a nice comparison beacuse I have a full out built/ported stock heads right now
Is it right that I can´t use with my 2001 Lightning the 44cc version? I have read that on the homepage from Trickflow!
well looks like its going to be another day or 2 he didnt have the right mass air meter for the truck he did start it though aand geez it sounded good
I´m very curious about the performance!!
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