Sloppy Mechanics: $5100 Trickflow heads drop a valve on dyno

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kevm14
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Sloppy Mechanics: $5100 Trickflow heads drop a valve on dyno

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQluE_gyTNY

Sigh. They got lucky at least. Plus 1400rwhp (183 mph trap in a 3500 lb car).
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Re: Sloppy Mechanics: $5100 Trickflow heads drop a valve on

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Info video on what happened:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eFa3lmTLnTE

Side note, those aftermarket gauges for his gen 1 look awesome.
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Re: Sloppy Mechanics: $5100 Trickflow heads drop a valve on

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So he has a 67 and a 69. The 69 is the race car. This guy is cool shit.

The 67 has like 800rwhp. 2.0 60' on street tires to a 10.16 @ 145. Lol

Rough comparison: This would do to a Hellcat what a Hellcat would do to my CTS-V. Which is similar to what my CTS-V would do to my Caprice. All about 20 mph of trap from each other.
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