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Merlin Heads - any good ?


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Have you found some cheap? Cos new they are ££££££££££££££££££££££££s!

(yes it needed that many pound signs... (£1315+VAT pair)

Some other reading.... not too impressive by all accounts: http://www.v8forum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10269&sid=1a19763e48de8fc571a9f801f5ff2238

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If very cheap, then go for it, got to be a lot better than stock heads, even if they don't hold a candle to some JED stage III/IV heads.

Make sure you get EVERYTHING you need, they are quite different...

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From what I've read and seen (a friend has some fitted to a 4.6 in a classic) then the exhaust ports are a different height so you need to modify the exhaust.

As Bowie says, a lot of the other parts are different including the rocker covers, so make sure it's all there.

To get a true benefit you need to change camshaft and possibly port the inlet manifold, ideally you'll need to re-tune your ECU however they will work without doing all that stuff and you would see a gain.

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Thanks guys

Yeah Soren is right about the ones.

Regarding exhaust then I will have to make my own for this car anyway.

And is saving pennies for at mail to Nige, so trim of ECU will be needed to.

They been on a 4.6 for 2 years and over here I will pay 3 times as much for a 4.6 than I have to pay for these heads.

Hmm thinky thinky ...

Morten

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