Re: Trick Flow heads
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Im sending back the rocker arms I have and looking for some other ones.This is my first Mopar and its turning into a pain. I was looking at some Hugues 15203.I'm building a mild roller 470 and don't wanna spend 1200. Rocker arms are a common sore point for first time Mopar engine builders! Lots of snake oil and crappy parts and stuff that doesn't fit. It is a minefield for the newby. My Mopar big block book has a chapter on valve trains. If you read that section you might be able to save yourself some grief.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Im sending back the rocker arms I have and looking for some other ones.This is my first Mopar and its turning into a pain. I was looking at some Hugues 15203.I'm building a mild roller 470 and don't wanna spend 1200. Rocker arms are a common sore point for first time Mopar engine builders! Lots of snake oil and crappy parts and stuff that doesn't fit. It is a minefield for the newby. My Mopar big block book has a chapter on valve trains. If you read that section you might be able to save yourself some grief. I bought the book and it's packed full of good info, well worth getting your hand's on a copy.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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I am wondering has anyone installed them and found the Quirks , like how much longer the pushrods needs to be than stock , will stock head bolt lengths work, those are the questions that I have of course lengths need to checked but they must know approx. how much longer the pushrods should be for a starting point. I will getting my pair ordered on my next trip to the machine shop. I have been waiting for these for a while ( like most of you) but do we really need to buy Trick flo bolts if we have new ARP's on the shelf ? Im so exited about getting them on I want it to be easy LOL . Yes that has all been sorted out and answered in this thread. You need longer pushrods, the center row of head bolts has to be longer and you need rocker arm studs that are all the same length. hptuner, I copied/pasted this thread to a word document and printed it so I could scribble in additional notes, highlight certain points, etc.. As Andy F indicated, it's all in here. The thread is very informative and has been beneficial in helping order all the right parts.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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I took the time to pull out the reverse engineering tool box and measure the location of the TF ports. Turns out that TF doesn't put the ports in a symmetrical location in regards to the bolt holes. The intake gasket as far as I can measure is symmetrical with respect to the bolt holes. One pair of ports on the TF head are shifted over by about 0.032 when compared to the other pair of ports. It is just enough that the gasket doesn't line up correctly.
This is not pleasant news. Have you talked to TF about this? I pulled out a 906 head, and the intake ports are symmetrical to the bolt holes within ~0.010", using a caliper. I will assume that the original drawing has them symmetrical within some tolerances to the datums. I have measured Edelbrock intakes which are much farther off than that. I just measured a Six Pack intake and the ports to bolt hole measured 0.050" different, between front and rear pairs. But, I would expect a part that is CNCd to be within a few thousandths, front to rear, from port to bolt hole, and only that much because I would give ~0.005" true position tolerance on the tapped holes, if they were drilled. The CNCd ports should be within 0.001" of whatever datum was used for setup. 0.032", if correct, sounds like an error in production somewhere. If you don't have any more information, I will certainly give TF a call before I buy. Robert
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Installed cam #3 today. This cam is a custom grind from Dwayne using Comp HXL and HXX lobes. 264/268 duration with .446/.445 lobe lift. Should have it on the dyno by the end of the week and we'll see what she does.
Also have a modified carb coming from Mark W. I sent him my Holley 950 to have annular boosters installed. We're thinking that the annular boosters will work better with the low RVP unleaded gas and cold temps. So I'll compare that carb to the 850 and 1050 carbs that I've been testing with. Dwayne's cam picked up another 10 hp so the engine is now making 685 hp at 6500 rpm. Getting close to the 700 mark. I'm going to ship the intake off to Wilson for porting and I have another Dominator on order. Not easy making power on these pump gas engines! The intake manifold gasket issue is a bit of a pain with the TF heads. The TF heads are fully ported so the intake manifold gaskets need to be perfectly located or else they overhang the ports. All I can say is if you're trying to make maximum power with these heads you will be spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to get the intake and the gaskets lined up. If you're just bolting it together for a street engine then don't worry too much, a little overhang one way or the other isn't going to cost you much. But a 700 hp an intake gasket hanging into the port can easily cost 10 or 15 hp.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Well, I'm glad to hear my cam wasn't the low hitter How I would work around the port alignment issue is to just get away from the OE valley pan gasket. Slightly widen the port opening, and raise the roof a little to allow you to tweak the openings on the manifold to match. It would require disassembly of the heads, but on a race engine that's not really a big deal. For a typical s/s deal, just bolt them on and don't worry about it. As is shown, Andy is making 685hp on pump gas with the mismatch in place.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Installed cam #3 today. This cam is a custom grind from Dwayne using Comp HXL and HXX lobes. 264/268 duration with .446/.445 lobe lift. Should have it on the dyno by the end of the week and we'll see what she does.
Also have a modified carb coming from Mark W. I sent him my Holley 950 to have annular boosters installed. We're thinking that the annular boosters will work better with the low RVP unleaded gas and cold temps. So I'll compare that carb to the 850 and 1050 carbs that I've been testing with. Dwayne's cam picked up another 10 hp so the engine is now making 685 hp at 6500 rpm. Getting close to the 700 mark. I'm going to ship the intake off to Wilson for porting and I have another Dominator on order. Not easy making power on these pump gas engines! The intake manifold gasket issue is a bit of a pain with the TF heads. The TF heads are fully ported so the intake manifold gaskets need to be perfectly located or else they overhang the ports. All I can say is if you're trying to make maximum power with these heads you will be spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to get the intake and the gaskets lined up. If you're just bolting it together for a street engine then don't worry too much, a little overhang one way or the other isn't going to cost you much. But a 700 hp an intake gasket hanging into the port can easily cost 10 or 15 hp. Almost 700HP on pump gas using a std. port opening head that retails for under 2K!!!! Now when the MW TF head shows up 750 should be a nice goal.... Brian
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Im sending back the rocker arms I have and looking for some other ones.This is my first Mopar and its turning into a pain. I was looking at some Hugues 15203.I'm building a mild roller 470 and don't wanna spend 1200. I didn't read this whole thread, what heads are you running? Do they require standard rockers or offset rockers? I have a rule with my motors, buy Harland Sharp rockers and never worry about them! But I do know that the offset rockers are considerably higher in price.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Im sending back the rocker arms I have and looking for some other ones.This is my first Mopar and its turning into a pain. I was looking at some Hugues 15203.I'm building a mild roller 470 and don't wanna spend 1200. I didn't read this whole thread, what heads are you running? Do they require standard rockers or offset rockers? I have a rule with my motors, buy Harland Sharp rockers and never worry about them! But I do know that the offset rockers are considerably higher in price. Bob I believe they are the standard rocker arm setup as I only been keeping up with Dwayne and Andy post on this thread
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Installed cam #3 today. This cam is a custom grind from Dwayne using Comp HXL and HXX lobes. 264/268 duration with .446/.445 lobe lift. Should have it on the dyno by the end of the week and we'll see what she does.
Also have a modified carb coming from Mark W. I sent him my Holley 950 to have annular boosters installed. We're thinking that the annular boosters will work better with the low RVP unleaded gas and cold temps. So I'll compare that carb to the 850 and 1050 carbs that I've been testing with. Dwayne's cam picked up another 10 hp so the engine is now making 685 hp at 6500 rpm. Getting close to the 700 mark. I'm going to ship the intake off to Wilson for porting and I have another Dominator on order. Not easy making power on these pump gas engines! The intake manifold gasket issue is a bit of a pain with the TF heads. The TF heads are fully ported so the intake manifold gaskets need to be perfectly located or else they overhang the ports. All I can say is if you're trying to make maximum power with these heads you will be spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to get the intake and the gaskets lined up. If you're just bolting it together for a street engine then don't worry too much, a little overhang one way or the other isn't going to cost you much. But a 700 hp an intake gasket hanging into the port can easily cost 10 or 15 hp. "Knock, knock, knockin' on 7's door..."
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Im sending back the rocker arms I have and looking for some other ones.This is my first Mopar and its turning into a pain. I was looking at some Hugues 15203.I'm building a mild roller 470 and don't wanna spend 1200. What rockers do you have now? What is the problem with them? You likely don't need different rockers, and it has nothing to do with snake oil, or what brand of rockers, necessarily. Proper set up is key to any rocker working the way it should. Don't get frustrated with your first Mopar build. Just do your research, and use common sense to separate the gems from the nonsense.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Bob I believe they are the standard rocker arm setup as I only been keeping up with Dwayne and Andy post on this thread Then I would definitely just buy Harland Sharps and be done with it. B3RE has a nice rocker geometry setup also that would be nice to try.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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I didn't probe the ports on the set I had here, but they looked fairly roomy inside the intake port. I would suspect the min csa is at the pinch.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Dwayne have you done any extra port work to these heads yet, do you think there is room for improvement? Max wedge style ports? I don't think there is any "easy" cfm to be gained with a minor tweak. I could be wrong, and I'm sure someone will do just that and then we'll all know. There looks to be plenty of meat to make them MW size. On some heads that really wakes them up(EZ), some it doesn't really do anything(std Victor, SR)unless additional porting is done along with making the port opening bigger.
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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Anyone who has had their hands on a new TF head take any runner measurements to come up with a MCSA #? I didn't check the runners but the port opening is right at 2.80 sq inches. Not a really big port size. I have some SB Chevy heads here with bigger ports. The SBC heads flow 370 cfm!
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Re: Trick Flow heads
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The paper intake gaskets from the Fel-Pro 1215 valley pan kit line up very nice on my set of heads. The gasket opening is even to slightly larger then the head port opening.
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