Thread: How much lift can stock Vortec heads handle?

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Yep---years ago cut spring pockets, guides for seals and shortened, also machined for screw in studs---if you think you need more lift than you can get with those mods, you use longer valves

i was cutting down studs and tapiing them on the mill with a tilt table on it for this small machine shop in town i told him i did not care if i did them or not i think they found a guy that was 10. bucks cheaper then me . boring out the push rod holes were fun i always was waiting for the drill to grab and take the pinch out of the intake port

So question? I'm building a sbc 400 my cam has a lift of. 443/465 and duration of do you think that this cam with vortec heads would work good? and if al what intake would you recommend for this build? Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm trying to keep this build kk.d of on the cheap side.