Trick Flow small block heads

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19DUSTER73 said:
I just got my kit. I have comp pro magnums and trickflows. Looks like a fairly small correction compared to some I have seen.

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Those look about the same size as the ones the I received from Mike for my PRW rockers. I remember him saying that the kits for the PRW, and Comp Magnums did not need a lot of correction on the TF heads. Also, since the TF's have taller pedestals, they requite less correction then say a stock based head like Edelbrock, for example.

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DrEamer said:
Those look about the same size as the ones the I received from Mike for my PRW rockers. I remember him saying that the kits for the PRW, and Comp Magnums did not need a lot of correction on the TF heads. Also, since the TF's have taller pedestals, they requite less correction then say a stock based head like Edelbrock, for example.

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He had mentioned that when I bought mine I think. The price for the trickflow kits are a little less I think.
 
It appears that the shims can go ether way on the head.
 
I have a set of TF small block heads @B3RE right now. Mike says as far as the geometry is concerned they are good right out of the box and should not require any corrections. I am buying the valve train from him as well, and he may have some proprietary mods incorporated there.

I also have a big block E-body that have trick flows, and i used the Harland Sharp valve train per TF and the geometry correction was pretty substantial.. about 1/4 inch up and back.. My smith brothers push rods were just shy of 10", but the geometry is right on.

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It may be a little tough to get the distributor in. On the bright side it has a built in inspection port.
 
Heywodja said:
I have a set of TF small block heads @B3RE right now. Mike says as far as the geometry is concerned they are good right out of the box and should not require any corrections. I am buying the valve train from him as well, and he may have some proprietary mods incorporated there.

I also have a big block E-body that have trick flows, and i used the Harland Sharp valve train per TF and the geometry correction was pretty substantial.. about 1/4 inch up and back.. My smith brothers push rods were just shy of 10", but the geometry is right on.

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Actually, I said the small blocks were the closest I've seen, but unless you are running .700" lift, and more with a HS rocker, they still need some correction.
 
I have a question for you all and need opinions ......... I have a 273 commando that has a nice build on it and will run mid 13's now . How would these trickflows react on a little stouter build? like with a bigger solid cam like a erson 286-510lift like the d-dart had , better intake , larger carb , 1/3/4 headers ? stock bore in it now ! so i would need to notch cyl bores for the 2.02 valve heads. going to build a stroker 416 with the tf's in near future..
 
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stroker402 said:
I have a question for you all and need opinions ......... I have a 273 commando that has a nice build on it and will run mid 13's now . How would these trickflows react on a little stouter build? like with a bigger solid cam like a erson 286-510lift like the d-dart had , better intake , larger carb , 1/3/4 headers ? stock bore in it now ! so i would need to notch cyl bores for the 2.20 heads. going to build a stroker 416 with the tf's in near future..
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There's not a crap ton of info on these heads on bigger builds so I think you would be groundbreaking here putting them on a 273...
 
that would be really cool ! heard many stories of 273 's running low mid elevens before on old 302 heads. can't amagine how it would act with really good state of the art flowing heads.
 
stroker402 said:
I have a question for you all and need opinions ......... I have a 273 commando that has a nice build on it and will run mid 13's now . How would these trickflows react on a little stouter build? like with a bigger solid cam like a erson 286-510lift like the d-dart had , better intake , larger carb , 1/3/4 headers ? stock bore in it now ! so i would need to notch cyl bores for the 2.20 heads. going to build a stroker 416 with the tf's in near future..
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were it me i would want to take More advantage of the head flow than a 510 lift cam.
It would be a relatively “ big “ head for a 273, so i would expect it to want to rev.8 inch convertor, stout gears, etc, to fully take advantage of the head.
All this assuming its on a 273.
 
B3422w5 said:
were it me i would want to take More advantage of the head flow than a 510 lift cam.
It would be a relatively “ big “ head for a 273, so i would expect it to want to rev.8 inch convertor, stout gears, etc, to fully take advantage of the head.
All this assuming its on a 273.
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Yes , I thought that a 510 lift solid would not be enough for those tf heads. have to rev that 273 .
 
found this article saying quote "Building an inexpensive high horsepower 273 is quite a story. I have one built and ready to go for next race season. two years ago, I switched from a factory headed 273 to a W2 headed 318. The 273 was 11.04:1 and had a CompCam292 hydrolic with solid lifters. It ran a best of 12.36 @109 in the 1/4. The 318 has 9.8:1 and a MP .541" lift circle track cam and just ran a 11.26 @119 a few weeks ago. The 318 has quite a bit more horsepower still to be found, but that will have to be looked for later as the 273 is being put back in very soon.
This 273 is a true 11.0:1 assembly with factory 273 heads modified with my porting work and cut down 1.92/1.60 Chevy +.150" long valves installed. The cam is a MP circle track grind with .528" lift. The pistons are an old set of Jahn's cast that stick out of the hole .230" at the dome. Regular iron rings are all I could find, much less afford. The engine has the regular trustworthy 8553 Felpro head gasket. The intake manifold is a Chrysler marine item that is very similar to the original 273 4bbl unit. It did require some coolant flow modifications in order to work on the 273 with a regular automotive water pump. With the same AFB Double Pumper carb that I used on the previous 273 build, I expect to see time slips in the 11.80 range in my 3281 pound Dart.
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