Quote Originally Posted by triple d View Post
My buddy has a 429. dove-c on heads and intake. Its fresh, 1k miles on all new re-build. Will these heads support port and polish work? and what comp ratio were they with stock pistons? Should I open my wallet and by this one to work with on my blower truck build?
D0VE heads are really nice factory iron passneger car heads. Once ported, they have been known to support over 700 hp in naturally aspirated combos and well into the 4-figures (1500+ hp) in blown alcohol combos.

Once fit with big valves and resurfaced, the D0VE heads typically have 73-74 cc combustion chambers. With a flat top piston in a 460, you will be somewhere around 11.5:1 compression ratio. Even with the typical 22cc dished pistons you will still be at about 9.75:1 compression ratio.

Without knowing what you intend for a blower build (displacement, pump gas or race gas, street or track only, etc), I can't make a recommendation one way or the other...but it is possible to make the D0VE head work well in some blower builds.

Paul