72 duster resto

Bit the bullet and decided to get my crank magnafluxed and journals ground 10 over along with the bore and hone work on the block. Just dropped everything off at the machine shop. He said if I had just tossed the pistons back in with new rings they'd have smacked against the lip on the cylinder walls at the top and cracked.

Y'all were pretty accurate on the cost to rebuild the heads themselves. Considering they're about $900+ to fix up I am now shopping for a new set. I'm sure these old smogger heads could be used but I just dont' want to drop almost a grand on fixing them.

So now with new heads in the picture im sure to be well beyond my budget build. Goals are to get about 9.5:1 compression ratio (reminder- this is a 75 360 block rebuild)
need:
- higher compression pistons
- using stock rods
- new heads
- modern cam profile (less radical than my .484 purple cam)