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63chevyll · 06-24-2016, 01:34 AM

Whats your budget?

A Vortec head with a flat top is fine for the street. Essentially thats what the HO small blocks of the 60s had for compression ratio. And a Vortec flows better than most old stock heads and are a decent bargain for budget street HP

Now you will have to run premium gas and play with timing curve a bit but its not impossible.

There are so many head options you just really need to figure out how much you want to spend on this part....and dont say "as little as possible" need some numbers and time to do price shopping.

I would stick with a head CC of 60-70 (vortecs are advertised at 64cc) and stock head gasket of .040 (common crushed number)

06-24-2016, 01:34 AM	#2
63chevyll gets board easy....... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 717	Re: Youngster looking for some cylinder head advice Whats your budget? A Vortec head with a flat top is fine for the street. Essentially thats what the HO small blocks of the 60s had for compression ratio. And a Vortec flows better than most old stock heads and are a decent bargain for budget street HP Now you will have to run premium gas and play with timing curve a bit but its not impossible. There are so many head options you just really need to figure out how much you want to spend on this part....and dont say "as little as possible" need some numbers and time to do price shopping. I would stick with a head CC of 60-70 (vortecs are advertised at 64cc) and stock head gasket of .040 (common crushed number)