Which is better Abbott or SSM!!

[2001V6Power]

I am debating between them. My car is a daily driver either i want stage two or three. Well, all input accepted.

[dukedusterwrx]

I never tried abbott or ssms but have some ssms stage 3 almost ready to run and ill let ya know how they work out

[98Camaro3.8]

I'm semi-happy with my SSM stage 2 heads. The heads are awesome, but I say "semi" because I spent 800 bucks for the best ones available and 6 months later they're crap compared to the new stuff. :(

Abbott seems great from what I've heard.

I think either way you go is a great choice. It may just boil down to whoever is cheaper.

[2001V6Power]

why did you get the stage 2 when only like few hundred more you could of reeived stage 3

[98Camaro3.8]

Because they weren't out then. They only recently became available. I had no way of knowing they were coming out. And that's my point.

[dukedusterwrx]

got my ssm stage 3 and LOVE THEM could not be happier!

[99v6cam]

Wish we had flow numbers on the SSM stage 3 heads so we could compare.

[Nachius]

240 CFM/202 CFM intake/exhaust on the stage 3 SSM heads.

[T-Punk]

ive heard lots of good things about abbott and only marginal things about ssm so i plan on going with abbott whenever i have money again.

[pgriffith]

SSM makes a great head and i had them on my last v6. But if i were to build another V6 i think i would use abbott. Remember there is a board member making close to 280RWHP with his abbott heads and a few other mods. Thats NA mind you so they have to be some good flowing heads.

[dukedusterwrx]

when you had your heads they were not even close to the what the stage 3 has. ill post some numbers when i get to a dyno

[99v6cam]

Flow numbers at 28" of water on a Superflow 600 Flowbench

Intake


Lift stock stage 3
.100" 55.0 62.0
.200" 114.3 128.0
.300" 155.7 185.9
.400" 177.5 213.0
.500" 184.7 225.8
.550" 186.3 230.0
.600" 188.9 232.5

Exhaust

lift stock stage 3
.100" 45.3 52.0
.200" 98.2 107.6
.300" 132.1 154.9
.400" 145.5 166.9
.500" 148.1 173.4
.550" 151.6 176.6
.600" 152.6 178.2

This is from the abbott site

[dukedusterwrx]

I can almost promise you your not gonna find a better head for the money $1150 is damn cheap and i knopw how good quality heads these are. from the pics on abbotts site they dont look all that fancy to me. BUT for the people who say numbers dont lie i say that right look at the flow.

[ellik]

For the $1150 do the SSM heads come ready to bolt on and go (with the springs, retainers, etc. that the Abbott heads come with)? I couldnt really tell from the SSM website. If not, that will add a few hundred, boosting the price closer to Abbott.

[WickEdSix9838]

Originally posted by dukedusterwrx:
I can almost promise you your not gonna find a better head for the money $1150 is damn cheap and i knopw how good quality heads these are. from the pics on abbotts site they dont look all that fancy to me. BUT for the people who say numbers dont lie i say that right look at the flow.

What makes a head fancy though? How shiny it is or how well it performs? [img]smile.gif[/img] The pictures on the site don't do them justice. The camera was a cheapo. If Goldenphoenix or carmelcarswholesale will chime in they'll probably tell you that.