I know, I know...not another "what heads should I buy" question, but here goes anyways:
This will go into my 40 Chevy:
I have a 71 4 bolt '010' block from my truck. I believe that the engine is unmolested. I want to build a mild high torque, lower range RPM engine, with good reliability and fuel economy. The engine will likely not ever see over 4k RPM, at least not for long. This will be a cruiser with a 200 4R. On the other hand I don't want it to be a complete dog either.
I am running Vortec heads on the truck now and love them, but I can't use the Vortecs with the LT1 intake (which I am converting to run a rear mount distributor). I will be using the injectors and running MegaSquirt (which I have already built and bench tested) to run the injectors.
I was leaning towards the generic and ubiquitous Edelbrock performer heads, but maybe there is a better choice. Obviously, considering the above requirements, I don't want heads with huge ports, and they will need to be compatable with the LT1 intake ports (which the Vortecs, and some others **see below** are not).
Thanks.....
Tim
This will go into my 40 Chevy:
I have a 71 4 bolt '010' block from my truck. I believe that the engine is unmolested. I want to build a mild high torque, lower range RPM engine, with good reliability and fuel economy. The engine will likely not ever see over 4k RPM, at least not for long. This will be a cruiser with a 200 4R. On the other hand I don't want it to be a complete dog either.
I am running Vortec heads on the truck now and love them, but I can't use the Vortecs with the LT1 intake (which I am converting to run a rear mount distributor). I will be using the injectors and running MegaSquirt (which I have already built and bench tested) to run the injectors.
I was leaning towards the generic and ubiquitous Edelbrock performer heads, but maybe there is a better choice. Obviously, considering the above requirements, I don't want heads with huge ports, and they will need to be compatable with the LT1 intake ports (which the Vortecs, and some others **see below** are not).
Thanks.....
Tim