440 build questions and any suggestions.

Hey Tim, with those 516 heads being closed chambered and flat top pistons you want to use you gotto figure out what your compression ratio's going to. If the pistons are 0 decked you may be as high as 12 to 1 and I wouldn't personally go above 10 to 1 for the street. You also should check what your piston to valve head clearance is with lets say a .045" head gasket before choosing which lift of cam to go for. Problem is you can't assume that those old heads haven't been shaved at one point and that also goes for the block deck. I also agree with Rumblefish on the carb and intake choice.

Terry