im doing a budjet rebuild, and so far i have a complete rebuild kit from federal muegal picked out, with aluminum speed pro pistons (8.7.1 c.p with 64cc)
and hooker shorty headers,march pullies, and a comp compu cam with , Hydraulic Roller Tappet, Advertised Duration 262/264, Lift .450/.480, Chevy, 305/350... stock heads rebuilt,,, maybe vortecs after a few months

im guessign ill need to flsh or "burn" a chip for the mods, and im thinkin of 24 injectors and a 58mm throttle.

anything else? any tips? would lt4 hotcam be a wiser choice? or should i tone down my cam choice already? anything i havent listed remains stock,,,, i might need a new crank due to spun bearing? suggestions to stoker?

 

maybe i should buy rebuilt vortec heads first? i found some for 500 canadian,, and they were on a boat for only 50 hours

but do vortec heads change anything? maybe header choices? or pully set up? i know about intake already,, easy to fix with bottom plenum

 

Vortec heads are a good cheap choice. Just make sure the springs can handle the lift of the cam you choose.

 

ive heard vortecs can handle 470? but i dont know if that means stock springs or what? cuz the cam im getting comes with springs,, so everything SHOULD be compatible... unless it bottoms out the heads? do i have to mill them or something dumb? all this talk about high lift makes me want to keep stock cam

 

you'll need a vortec compatible intake... your stock intake will not bolt up to vortec heads.

you will also need votec headers/manifolds for the stockers or normal thirdgen headers will not work.

 

what about bolt placment for accesory drive? is it easy to find vortec headers for an f body? what the max lift ishould use with my stock heads and upgraded srpings?
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what about bolt placemnt for the accesory drive? and can i find vortec headers for an f body? besides no flow? why nto use stock heads with upgraded springs?

 

you may be disapointed wiht it a bit . You dropped your compression a bit .

 

Ummmm.... theres no difference between vortec heads on the exhaust side then any other SBC head... you should be fine with regular old SBC round tube headers.