project 350

[colman]

went to vilas today to drop off the cam bearings, freeze plugs and pistons so it could get bored and found out my heads are cracked in 5 places. aparently not that uncommon. i have a set from a 86 but the valves on those are really small ( maybe 1/2) the size of the other tbi heads that are cracked. what heads should i look for or should i just use the ones i have with the smaller valves

[Graystroke]

how much money you have? a set of vortec heads would be cheap and give you a lot of power...have to do some mods to make them work on the intake. or buy some dart sportsman heads (cast iron) and there are some others that are fairly new on the market that Hot Rod just tested I believe last month...I think they were around $400? pair

[Graystroke]

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...=KeywordSearch

[bcolman]

http://collegestation.craigslist.org/pts/492754840.html

here are some heads

[Graystroke]

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...=KeywordSearch
or
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...=KeywordSearch

[Graystroke]

how much is it going to cost to get them reworked? vales, seats, guides, springs?

it may be cheaper to just buy new world products or summit brand

[colman]

which ones reworked, i am not sure which ones to use. this is my first chevy motor to build. right now i'm just looking for the best option here in stock or used heads. i read somewhere that the small valves are good for low end torque but i didn't think that made sense. if i were to go with stock what would be the best year to look for? who is the chevy guru around here

[DRAGOONRANCH]

sharpe is one, but he is more into the oilburners when it comes to powerplants. Fred and jimmy and grayson and flem have said some things that might lead me to believe they knew about the subject somewhat....


[black edit]sharpe is a self proclaimed one, and will spread his useless knowledge like jerry's sister spreads her... uh, better get on another subject before jerry enlists just to get sent over here to kick my ass.[/black edit]

[Sharpe]

I dont know mota's that well.

[Fredo]

I don't really feel like going back and reading three pages of ****. Answer these questions and I'll try and give you some advice on what heads to run.

-What is this engine going in?
-What cam are you putting in? (be specific, if you say RV Cam, I swear to God I'll drive to College Station and shoot you in the testicles.)
-What pistons did you buy? (flat tops with relief cuts?)
-Fuel Injected or Carb, and what intake manifold?
-Headers or stock exhaust manifolds?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I don't really feel like going back and reading three pages of ****. Answer these questions and I'll try and give you some advice on what heads to run.

-What is this engine going in?
-What cam are you putting in? (be specific, if you say RV Cam, I swear to God I'll drive to College Station and shoot you in the testicles.)
-What pistons did you buy? (flat tops with relief cuts?)
-Fuel Injected or Carb, and what intake manifold?
-Headers or stock exhaust manifolds?

I will try to answer these for ya.

-What is this engine going in?
Jeep

-What cam are you putting in? (be specific, if you say RV Cam, I swear to God I'll drive to College Station and shoot you in the testicles.)
RV Cam (you gotta lotsa swimmin to do biatch) :flipoff:

-What pistons did you buy? (flat tops with relief cuts?)
cheap ones

-Fuel Injected or Carb, and what intake manifold?
FI (IIRC)

-Headers or stock exhaust manifolds?
again, the cheap stuff

[Seth]

PLEASE say rv cam.

[jerryg79]

PLEASE say rv cam.

hey farva, what's that place you like to eat, with all the goofy sh!t on the walls?

[agjohn02]

Shenanigans!

[TxCruzr]

the picture doesn't fit....also, don't snake threads