Stock looking small block aluminum heads?

nm9stheham, what you say makes sense but the bosses on the aluminum Stealth heads don't seem to be a problem.
Roger... that is why I said take care and don't take them down in that area. Water jacket is a whole 'nother thing ... being smaller in those Stealth heads doesn't mean they are in the same place in the Edelbrocks. I forgot to look this afternoon. The paint does good job! Just gotta treat AL right before painting (alodine or similar) or it will peel.

It is funny (to me) to call the AL heads ' half-finished'... they ARE finish milled, whereas the cast ones are just bare cast with bosses machined.....the cast one are the half-finished ones LOL