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Purchased some AFR 195cc Eliminator Street Heads for the SBC build. From what i have heard they will be perfect for the job and perhaps future plans. I have decided to stick with the std displacement for now and spread funds to other important parts of the build Eg. 9" Diff instead of building the 383 I had originally intended to. It's amazing how quickly a build budget stretches out.
I have sourced a SBC which had a cam with a broken lobe that i picked up fairly cheap, which had lots of usable bits (from a HQ) starter, carb, sump, pistons & rods. Block is 0.30 over, 2 bolt mains and is from a 73 Chevelle, looks very clean & the bore is sweet so the plan is to do a bit of a budget build, replacing the current damaged cam with a Comp Cams XE274 Hydraulic Flat Tappet Cam 230/236, with split ratio Scorpion Roller Rockers, polished Std Crank & std Rods with ARP Bolts, Hypereutectic pistons and the Classic Holley 650 CFM Vac Secondaries carb that came on the motor. I know it is nothing too flash, but Phil at Chev Power is currently building the motor and thinks it will be a fairly stout little street motor (hoping for a bit over 400hp on the engine dyno. I think going down this route (middle ground) will hopefully get the car on the road sooner, be easier to pass over the pits and to be honest will likely still meet my needs in terms of power until i learn the car's characteristics. I'm feeling pretty positive that everything is starting to move forward. Stay tuned...