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    Quote Originally Posted by nitrowarrior
    Not at all. If you want to go a tad bigger, put a slightly larger "Stick" in it like 545 to 555 lift on intake. The 781 is a respectable street head if you can find a set of 990's go with that and your cam combo you chose is gonna do it better. I'm trying give a better perspective on the heads you have. By all means, they're not bad at all. It's just you can stay within budget with a good pair of iron heads like the 990's and get a touch more for your buck. I never want to spend your money like it was mine. Over camming can kill what you're trying to do as much as under camming. Just trying to fill in the spaces of good combos. By the way what cam manufacturer were you referring to when you originally posted? Depending on their grind it could still work well.
    With a port volume of around 320 cc's I would not even look at a set of 990's un-less you have your 454 going to 7,000 rpm's.
    A set of 781's with 2.19/1.88 valves is all you need in a 5,500 to 6,000 rpm engine.

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    I stumbled across this yesterday ...................

    990 heads with 25 passes on them for $75?

    sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/pts/311895525.html

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