Quote (BassTracker6925 @ Feb 26 2012 06:24pm)
keep readin google. Your patriot heads are shit btw. The only good patriot heads are blanks. your lame machinist could have 50 hours in the heads and it wont do shit for you. Lol and cams lift means nothing? lets see you build a motor then with a small cam and actually do shit with it. oh wait you cant build engines you paid someone for your piece of shit that you think is gold. Lol
Please point out what part of my post required any Googling? I responded to everything you said with my own answers. Now to the fun stuff...
Herp a derp. How are you an engine builder that runs a machine shop and you don't know who Tony Mamo is? He is one of the lead designers at AFR. He is the guy that designed the ports for most of their LS stuff. That's like not knowing who Bill Jenkins is and building big blocks.
Secondly, My patriot heads are LS6 head castings that have been CNC machined by Patriot. Completely assembled with their good dual springs and stainless valves with titanium retainers they are $1300. They flow 300 cfm @.600 right out of the box. The spring kit is right at $300 retail. A set of GMPP ported LS6 heads are the same price with single beehive springs and they flow less. I know what power the car made then and for $1300 it was money well spent. It doesn't matter anymore as those heads are sold and my AFR 225's are on the new short block.
Cam lift doesn't mean nothing. It is important. Duration is a much better indicator of the size of the cam. Most of the time guys that just quote lift numbers have no fucking clue how to spec a cam or how the damn thing works. I gave an example of what I was saying. It is not hard to understand. The first theoretical cam I talked about would be a barely noticeable daily driver cam in a stock cube motor whereas the second cam would sound like a race car and be near the max size you could fit without PTV issues under stock heads. 2 completely different cams for completely different uses but the lift is the same.
What's the name of your machine shop? I'll call Fraser Semple at Automotive Engine Specialties and ask him if he has ever heard of you. AES built my 390. Tony Mamo from AFR ported the heads. Ed Curtis from Flowtech Induction specced the cam. I assembled it. Since you haven't given any information on anything you own, not even a brand name, I'll give you mine while we are here.
GM cast the block
Callies forged the crank
Callies forged the rods
CP-Carillo forged and CNC'd the pistons
Wiseco cast and cut the rings
Clevite machined the bearings
Calico coated everything
AFR cast and CNC'd the heads, Tony Mamo hand ported them
GM built the rockers
Morel made the lifters
Manton made the pushrods
PAC built the springs
So again, please show me why I should pull this engine out in favor of a jank ass 355 like yours? If you give me a good reason I might call your shop and put one on the debit card.