what are the best heads i can use
 

ok am going to try and build up my 302 engine but what is the best heads that i can go with and if u know anything eles that i can use to help me out that be cool if u guys can give me some pointers

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AFR's... if you are keeping it a 302 than go with 165's... you could go with 185's if you really wanted to also. Do you plan plans of stroking it?

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yea they told me if i bored it .30 voer it will become a 306 was the bigest i can trune the stock 302 into

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+1 the 165s will fit the stock engine

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You can bore/stroke it to a 331 or a 347 but it will cost some cash. Are you willing to spend 3K for a 331 w/ heads?

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Yeah, I was gonna say something similar to Blue^^^^. It depends what you are doing exactly.

If you rebuild your bottom end w/ notched pistons, you could run 185's w/ a cam and 1.7's w/ no problems, but if you are keeping the bottom end stock, you'll be more limited as to what you can use. You can go w/ an E cam or TFS Stage 1 and 1.7's w/ TFS Twisted Wege's and "most likely" have the clearance you need. AFR's don't have the rotated valve's like the TW's, so you're more limited as to what cam/rocker's you can run on a stock bottom end.

DSS and CHP sell 331 short blocks for under $2k w/ forged pistons...

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^^ Plus another 1300 for heads and you have a nice longblock to work with. Than just upgrade your rear, some trans work, some supension work, upgrade injectors, fuel pump, manifold, tb, mass air, u/l intake, test & tune.

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I will agree AFR's

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damnit... i lost all my bookmarks some how but i had this website where it compared aftermarket heads to who flowed the best and canfield won by a long shot

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Canfield flowing better than AFR's?