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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 09:20 PM
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My Bros. has a set of head off of a 350 and wants to know if they are any good. I did a search and they came up as a "3927186....69-70...302/350......Camel hump,64cc chambers,accessory holes" He want to know if they would work (good, poor or otherwise) on my L79 that doesn't have the heads anymore.

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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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There are certainly better heads out there but those will work just fine. IMHO
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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Those heads, in their day were about as good as you could buy. They were original equipment for the 69 Z-28. That particular set of heads on a 302 would crank 7500 rpm's right off the showroom floor. I bought a brand new Z-28 in 69 so I know what I am talking about. Those heads will work fine for what you are doing.
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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If they don't need any work they will be OK. Good heads in their day. If they need to be rebuilt tell him to put his money into a new set of better heads. By todays standards those heads are marginal.
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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you'd be further ahead with a set of vortecs......but they will cost you slightly more....dedicated manifold and all.
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