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Old Feb 24, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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What performance improvements can be done, what should it cost, and is it a good bag for the buck.
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There are better heads you can buy new for not much more than the price of getting yours re-built. Better flow and more efficient combustion chambers and already have hardened exhaust seats.
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Could you make recomendations. I read alot and it's just numbers, I'm not sure what it all means. 170/180/195 runners? 64/78cc chambers?
I looking to rebuild my 350 engine eather 350 or go to 383 and not sure what to do with the heeads.
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vortec heads or edlbrock are cheaper ,,and flow good if your budget is big then go for AFR
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1970 350 heads
What performance improvements can be done, what should it cost, and is it a good bag for the buck.
These can be ported and built to support 500HP. That said it won't be cheap unless you have the equipment to do it yourself. They have decent value to the restorers. You could e-bay them and buy a modern set with the $ you get for them and the rebuild and porting costs.
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