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stinger
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From: mn
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posted 03-18-2003 08:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for stinger   Click Here to Email stinger     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What would u recommend? I know aluminum is lighter, but I dont have much weight on my front end so I dont believe the extra weight is going too hurt me. I also heard if u live in a colder climate u dont want aluminum because they expand and contract and so forth. Is that true by the way? Whats a good reasonable priced cast iron head that I can get ported for my 351w that I am building.

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rockafellz
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posted 03-18-2003 08:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rockafellz   Click Here to Email rockafellz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Windsor Sr or Roush 200s. GT40P's is also an option, but I believe the World products heads flow a lot better out of the box.

Erik

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stinger
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posted 03-18-2003 08:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for stinger   Click Here to Email stinger     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
i can get gt40ps cheap, but since they take a special header, would they fit in a 66 stang?

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Dubz
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From: Manitoba Canada
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posted 03-18-2003 11:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dubz   Click Here to Email Dubz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
i was also under the impression that alums leak like heck in cold climates, but according to the other post about heads, this is not true

Can someone please straighen this out??

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steve'66
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posted 03-18-2003 11:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for steve'66   Click Here to Email steve'66     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Dubz,

I wouldn't worry about it, unless you want 100,00 miles of service out of a daily driver.

SteveW

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