I have a chance to get a jg ported head w/ welded chambers for a great deal(500$) and want to know if anyone has any experience with them. This would be going on my ls with crower 403's, i/h/e/ and ys1 tranny. Just want to know if it would be a worthy buy, TIA

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nobody has experience with jg heads??

 

Nothing against JG but I wouldn'd spend the money to either buy a ported ls head or pay to get one ported.It's just not a good use of your money imo.I feel your better off buying a stock B16 head and doing the ls/vtec conversion.Even a stock B16 head will make more power then the ported ls head in most cases.

 

JG does good work, decide what you want to spend your money on. A B-16 head with cams springs, ret., intake, and conversion kit will make more power.

 

ya i always understand in the back of my head that a vtec head will generally make more power, however i am always one to try and be the underdog , anyway i think at this point i will take into account the cost/benifit idea.

 

enh, I don't agree

I made 165whp with just cams valve springs, and bolt ons.

non-vtec is not as bad as people think, everyone just has "vtack" engrained in their brain.

No doubt a vtec head has more overall potential for large numbers, but you can get good power non-vtec for a lot less hassel than doing a vtec conversion.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StyleTEG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">enh, I don't agree

I made 165whp with just cams valve springs, and bolt ons.

non-vtec is not as bad as people think, everyone just has "vtack" engrained in their brain.

No doubt a vtec head has more overall potential for large numbers, but you can get good power non-vtec for a lot less hassel than doing a vtec conversion.</TD></TR></TABLE>Dollar for dollar you can't beat an ls/vtec conversion w/an ls motor.You can argue prefference wanting to be different,etc...,but you can't beat the proven combination of a ls/vtec for the money.Example he wants to spend 500 on an ls head(he says is ported to me the pics look like the int port is just gasket matched I can see the casting line just about 1 inch into the port.the Exh is covered in carbon so I can't tell from the pics whats up w/it).But for 500 you can get a stock B16 w/the stock cams,valvetrain,etc and still make more then just an ls your talking about imo.If your buying lets say a header for example and 1 makes about twice the hp gain as the other one and is only slightly more expensive or the same which would most pick?Do what you want but my $ would be going w/the vtec head.

 

this head seems overpriced

but, most people have the full longblock and then buy the head.

When they could make plenty of power by picking up a set of cams (which are much cheaper for non-vtec)

 

The port job looks iffy to me too, but thanks for all the insight

 

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You just never know what you are going to get from Javier's work. That shady punk sells some real crap sometimes.....

 

^^ no ****...that makes my choice a little easier

 

I seen ls turbo in ek coupe spank gsr turbo all day before so if you build it right you can get the power but allmotor your gonna need that VTEC