Thread: Need help selecting heads for 454

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So you posted the exact same thing three days ago with an added embarrassed smiley ( Need help selecting heads for 454 ), I questioned your budget, Jack asked you a question, and Tech gave you input on an overall build approach for a street engine. Now you've got an offer from Pat to sell you a set of new heads. You say you need help, but what kind of help are you looking for here? Maybe if you can be a little more descriptive in what kind of information you want someone can help you?

Sorry fellas. I reposted because for some reason I did not see my post posted. Thanks so much forall you guys help. Race rites keep poping up. IM thinking of getting them bare and use their valves to make sure they are not china valves. But my surprise was that a small runner would work well on a big block. I figured it something like 312s.

Originally Posted by ALfuego

Sorry fellas. I reposted because for some reason I did not see my post posted. Thanks so much forall you guys help. Race rites keep poping up. IM thinking of getting them bare and use their valves to make sure they are not china valves. But my surprise was that a small runner would work well on a big block. I figured it something like 312s.

how big of a head do you think you need ? they make a bigger heads many do dart .profiler and bigger 290 rec race rite.on valves not many made in the good old USA and getting them heads bare if old stock you will be in a world of hurt as they are raw no just a square seat no valve job or guid fitted you will neeed to cut the bowls out as well as ther are very raw much more then a valve job . they now come fully machined . i did buy them bare as i have a machine shop and a 3 d cutter setup to do a raw heads. the valves i use come from Argentina Ferrea make some of the best valves. as well as lsrael to and make king bearing s and Rollmaster timing set are made in the land of oz all some of the best parts money can buy .if you never built the race rites then buy them loaded as very few have the right intake over length right for that head.