High-mileage 915 J heads... can they be fixed?

Gotcha, yeah sounds like finding another set of heads will be the way to go.

@George Jets I looked into those RockAuto heads some more, the ones that are in stock are the ones with holes for air injection. But l could just plug those holes, and all factory 360 heads are basically the same in terms of flow and such right? Especially for a bone-stock app like this.

Yes can just tap some 1/4" threads and plug those smog holes with some 1/4" allen screws.

Here are a set of the later 596 heads that I rebuilt myself, new valves and guide seals.
All the 360 head castings are all the same flow and port size, just different casting numbers.

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The later 360 heads have the hardened seats so they don't sink the valves like your 915s did.