What would YOU do?
Definately the way to go - build by popular vote...lol.
Well, that IS why I asked....:prayer:
The 1.88-sayers are also mimicking what my engine guy said about smaller intakes on the street. I do like second opinions, though, and what I am hearing here pretty much sums it up...recondition the J heads and work the compression issues around them.
Funny how you can read things into generalized statements...such as
"the 2.02 X heads produce more horsepower and are the rare, desirable ones"....well, for strip or track use, yes. For street use on pump gas; maybe not so much?
And now I have folks telling me that later "Magnum" closed-chamber heads (like the ones on my 5.2 Dakota) are better than open-chamber heads! Not that I would stray that far from the original design of the engine for this particular build, but interesting and fascinating nonetheless.
I wouldn't have considered larger valves to be a 'torque-limiter' on a street machine if it hadn't been pointed out. One naturally assumes more fuel, more air=more HP...which may be true, but not necessarily USEABLE street horsepower.
Learn sump'n every day...:coffee2:
