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Anyone using a P&P head?



When you say TT head, do you mean from www.techtonicstuning.com?


Dan Bubb wrote:
> 
> The ABA is big enough that a stock head will choke it's power peak down
> to around 5500 RPM. It's a torque monster compared to a 1.8 L.
> A stock head flows ~130 CFM on the intake side IIRC. My TT head flows
> 160 CFM @.5" lift and didn't loose any low end torque. I don't know if
> Colin is still porting heads or how long you'd have to wait if he was.
> I'd try to get data from the various vendors on the flow rates of their
> heads and the port size at the head/manifold interface. The 160 CFM with
> a port not much bigger than stock seems to be a good head for street
> use.
> Dan
> 
> Kervin Ridgley wrote:
> >
> > Larry wrote:
> > > Start removing alot of
> > > metal and the chances for doing more harm than good go way up.
> >
> > That's what I'm afraid of and why I won't do it myself.  I'm looking for
> > long term power and drivabilty.  I may just end up just putting my head
> > on the ABA and that's it.
> >


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