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85_600
04-15-2006, 03:26 PM
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I DO have the "287" head :thumb:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/563/medium/Head_Number.JPG

boost geek
04-15-2006, 05:50 PM
287, my head of choice:thumb:

tryingbe
04-15-2006, 10:34 PM
It's a 85. Of course.

turbovanmanČ
04-15-2006, 10:45 PM
Good head is so hard to find, :thumb:

89acclaim
04-15-2006, 10:48 PM
It's a 85. Of course.

I tore apart a 86 GTS with a 287, it was rebuilt at some time. I also have a 85 casting date swirl head:)

02Gcaravan nice, I have always liked the 287 head. I plan on going to my "local" 150mi away pick your part and combine a 85T1 with a 90+ TBI. To have a cheep strong 2.2T.:) PS I like the 600.

Daniel Merrill

boost geek
04-15-2006, 11:02 PM
My 287 head has an 88 cast mark.

89acclaim
04-15-2006, 11:55 PM
That is a nice and clean head there:nod:, most newer 287 heads I have seen are mexican heads. I have heard of 287s that had a 95 cast mark.

Daniel Merrill

boost geek
04-16-2006, 01:24 AM
How do you tell if it's a Mexican head?

butchsuppe
04-16-2006, 02:08 AM
How do you tell if it's a Mexican head?
Pull V/C It,ll say Made in Mexico at mani side. Had bad luck with them tought

GLHSKEN
04-16-2006, 06:41 AM
TBI engines all received the LW rods...

boost geek
04-16-2006, 10:53 AM
Nowhere on the head does it say Mexico...

Tony Fields
04-16-2006, 01:51 PM
Good head is so hard to find, :thumb:


I agree :lol: :lol: :lol:

turbo xtc
05-09-2006, 07:37 AM
i like the 287's for heavier cars bottom end torque is better works great with log intakes but it is best to use slider cams and stay away from putting rollers if you are using on 2.5 rollers are good but they have a tendecy to not boost soon but rather later

Ground Rat
05-17-2006, 12:35 AM
What's good about the 287 head? Is it the same as the bathtub head?

boost geek
05-17-2006, 01:01 AM
287 and bathtub are the same thing.

turbovanmanČ
05-19-2006, 03:43 AM
i like the 287's for heavier cars bottom end torque is better

You have that backwards. G-heads make LESS torque so there better for a lighter car. Swirl heads or 782's are better for heavier vehicles, IE my van.

Frank
05-19-2006, 08:13 AM
You have that backwards. G-heads make LESS torque so there better for a lighter car. Swirl heads or 782's are better for heavier vehicles, IE my van.

yah but 782's and heavy vehicles dentonate... like your van. The best combinations for reliability and ease of mind is a little different mentality. The difference in torque is well worth the high boost reliability.


Frank

GLHSKEN
05-19-2006, 08:24 AM
yah but 782's and heavy vehicles dentonate... like your van. The best combinations for reliability and ease of mind is a little different mentality. The difference in torque is well worth the high boost reliability.


Frank

+1^^^^^ Simon, you have it backwards. Reliability is more important at high cylinder head pressures. I have a buddy that ran a swirl on a lighter (CSX) 2.5L car... He had the same detonation issues you have...

powermaxx
05-19-2006, 01:34 PM
yah but 782's and heavy vehicles dentonate... like your van. The best combinations for reliability and ease of mind is a little different mentality. The difference in torque is well worth the high boost reliability.


Frank

Yep, yep, yep....:nod:

turbovanmanČ
05-19-2006, 01:38 PM
+1^^^^^ Simon, you have it backwards. Reliability is more important at high cylinder head pressures. I have a buddy that ran a swirl on a lighter (CSX) 2.5L car... He had the same detonation issues you have...

Guys, I only have issues at 25psi, sheesh, :confused:

I don't drive my van at 25psi, only at the track, other wise, it gets a diet of 89 octane and 15psi with NO ISSUES, :thumb: