408 stroker build sheets

johnnymac2k6 said

again do we really think the head work and valve job are needed on a brand new set of heads... i mean they already have a 2.02 valves? i could see the port and polish producing a slight power/flow increase...but that seems like hundreds of dollars for minimal gains. i could be wrong...but its not like im running cast mid 80's smog heads that dont flow?

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I'm in the middle of building a small block stroker - I have a stock set of Eddy heads I was going to put on there -

The short story is that the guides needed to be resized, the intake valves needed to be re-ground ( 4 were out of round by over 1.5 thou) and the exhaust were a little better.

THere was also shavings abound in the water passages.

Could I have bolted them on? Yes

will it run better now that I spent 150 bux to have them gone through? YES!