360 head porting for big power (500HP ?)

Your welcome polyjohn. FBBO and many here will always defer to bigger is better which is true in most cases and a easy default setting reply. It is almost to easy to type that in all the time. It is not always so easy to do or afford. The sister site’s most popular engine for the B body platform is a B or RB engine. That’s why it is the default answer. Also, I’m not trying to disrespect or degrade, but I think most there would not know what to do with a small block because it instantly challenges them hard. Not a big deal. No one knows it all.

In working with what you have, it comes down to math. Knowing what your starting with and where you want to go and be standing at, at the end of the day can be a challenge but one in which you just need to overcome and adapt to. It just may have compromises that a larger engine will not have. Which is easily solved with more money, a luxury we all don’t have.

If money was a no option obstacle, then it would be a press of a button for a Ray Barton stroked HEMI with a super charger or twin hair dryers.

The early X, J etc... heads have what you need.
A set bowl ported done right should be enough to run in the 12’s.

I don’t know what is with the HotRod site. I think it sucks and the only way I can find anything is if someone left it here or I saved it. The search engine is ridiculously lame. I actually have much in print saved in a binder. Mostly the MoPar Muscle magazine.