What About Edelbrock 340 Heads?

I am almost on board with this. However, a domed piston isn’t a bad thing if you have the open chamber to go with it. Something like the old TRW slugs and a open chambered OE head or W2’s. This is actually a good combo and would rather run this o sr a flat top and closed chamber but come today, there are no big open chambered heads available.

Now I can not absolutely prove they flow better or perform better because one can argue the piston is heavier and will slow down the entire rotating mass and/or not allow it to speed up (rpm) quickly vs a lighter flat top.

I get you can re work the closed chamber to a larger easier flowing chamber BUT there is only so much material you can remove. Sorry, I can’t say exactly how much can or can not be removed. It’s to general and a loaded question.

Currently, I run the flat top slugs and closed chambered heads. It works great by me. It’s what we got these days.

Yep if you are stuck with old open chamber W2s or oem heads then thats a different ballgame, BTW there are another option for pistons than TRW to fill those stock type open chambers if you need the compression and that is Ross and those are much lighter even thought they wont make any squish either in those old heads,im actualy considering this right now for my coming build that will run some kind of iron heads unless i stumble upon a deal i cant say no to. Edelbrock heads are a different deal.

I will repeat this,if you already have a set of RPM340 heads run them,if you dont i think its smarter to go with the standard version and adjust accordingly.