Which Head
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8th Gear
Joined: Jun 2007
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Which Head
Hi All,
I have a 1972 Corvette with a stock 350 engine NOM. I need to take the heads off to do some work and I was wondering what I should do to make it breath a little better. Im not planning on playing with the cam, but I will put a set of extractor on it. My questions are as follows.
1) If Im not going to touch the cam is it even worth doing work to the heads or should I get them tidied up and stick them back on?
2) Should I just get the heads I have ported and polished and put them back on?
3) Is it worth buying a new set of performance heads and if so whats going to give me the biggest bang for my buck.
Thanks
Dave
I have a 1972 Corvette with a stock 350 engine NOM. I need to take the heads off to do some work and I was wondering what I should do to make it breath a little better. Im not planning on playing with the cam, but I will put a set of extractor on it. My questions are as follows.
1) If Im not going to touch the cam is it even worth doing work to the heads or should I get them tidied up and stick them back on?
2) Should I just get the heads I have ported and polished and put them back on?
3) Is it worth buying a new set of performance heads and if so whats going to give me the biggest bang for my buck.
Thanks
Dave
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 234
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From: Covington, Virginia
Hi All,
I have a 1972 Corvette with a stock 350 engine NOM. I need to take the heads off to do some work and I was wondering what I should do to make it breath a little better. Im not planning on playing with the cam, but I will put a set of extractor on it. My questions are as follows.
1) If Im not going to touch the cam is it even worth doing work to the heads or should I get them tidied up and stick them back on?
2) Should I just get the heads I have ported and polished and put them back on?
3) Is it worth buying a new set of performance heads and if so whats going to give me the biggest bang for my buck.
Thanks
Dave
I have a 1972 Corvette with a stock 350 engine NOM. I need to take the heads off to do some work and I was wondering what I should do to make it breath a little better. Im not planning on playing with the cam, but I will put a set of extractor on it. My questions are as follows.
1) If Im not going to touch the cam is it even worth doing work to the heads or should I get them tidied up and stick them back on?
2) Should I just get the heads I have ported and polished and put them back on?
3) Is it worth buying a new set of performance heads and if so whats going to give me the biggest bang for my buck.
Thanks
Dave
Racer
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 382
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From: Uxbridge Ontario
Most likely the fastest easiest way is to just buy the Edlebrock heads and intake. Because I have a numbers matching car I rebuilt the heads, required new values, springs etc and put in roller rockers. It cost me a lot more then just buying the Edlebrock kit and in the end didn't really give me any more HP. If I didn't care about the numbers I would do the Edlebrook kit.
