Opinions on heads please?

moper said
I dont have my KB catalog handy, but I'll dig around a little later. As far as compression, with aluminum heads, I dont like to run anything less then 10:1. More towards 10.5. With careful planning, and good machining, you can creep that up to 11:1 or slightly higher and still run regular (91) unleaded. Go for a flat top design, and deck the block to have the pistons be at 0 deck height. Use the Felpro .039 gasket, and you have a good chamber design, so you can set the compression with the chamber size, and have good resistance to detonation.

Flat top design with valve reliefs or just flat top? With the Comp Cams XE274H-10 .488/.491, will they need valve reliefs?

I'm researching all this stuff on the net so I'm learning, I'm learning. Thanks again.

-Alex