383 power upgrade help

Joey N said

Okay so are you suggesting going for some aluminum heads? And based on all my now known knowledge I can't just throw the heads right on I have to get them checked? Some of this confuses me of course so I'm not trying to be real hard to work with it isn't my goal to annoy all of you I really appreciate the help wish I had someone in my family that knew stuff

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You are all good. We all had to start somewhere.

What you decide to do is based on your level of commitment of both time and money. Engine work can be a slippery slope. On one hand you have to decide where to draw the line with your upgrades. On the pther you might fond something you don't like and then things snowball based on that perspective.

If it was me I would remove the cylinder heads and verify the deck height aka distance between the block deck vs piston at TDC. Based on deck height you can select the appropriate cylinder head combustion chamber volume and head gasket thickness to get the compression ratio either a) 9.5:1 for cast iron or b) 10.5:1 for aluminum heads.
It will be difficult to provide any further advice on ypur combination without having the CR nailed down.

For the amount of work you are doing the engine might as well come out to work on it. If you do not have experience or interest in degreeing the cam it might be better to work with a shop to get that step 100% correct along with measuring the CR, etc. Again, this is all dependent on your preference.