Thread: Surprise under the hood

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Years ago I bought a 68 Camaro RS as a rescue. Stuck it in the barn to keep it safe. It's out of the barn! I was told it had a .030 over 350. Turns out it's a 4 bolt 327. It had a set of mis-matched heads and the cylinders were beyond .030 by .004-.008. So now it will be taken out to .040. I'm buying a set of alum heads (64cc combustion chamber, 185 intake runner, 2.02/1.60) and want to go to a roller cam. Also flat top pistons. SO- I'm looking to you who have gone before me for advise on cam selection and pistons. I'm cross-eyed looking at Jegs and Summit part numbers. Obviously I'm just like all of you. I love the sound of a fast rapping thumping Chevy V8. But I want the right combo to get the best performance. It's a street car not a drag racer. BUT I still want to be able to hold my own when the wild hair shows up. FYI I've got a stick 4 speed and 3:08 rear gears. Thank you in advance from a new guy on this site.

OK since I posted this earlier, I've spent some hours reading similar posts from years back. So based on what I am being told by my machine guy, I will be around 10.2:1 on compression with a flat top piston and above mentioned head. I will select a gasket after the pistons are in just to be sure. Should I wait to buy the cam until this stage of the build? As for pistons- forged, cast, hypereutectic????? Got a link that talks about the difference?