$1600 to spend on engine - stroker or better heads??

[paulspickupparts]

Originally Posted by wake328

This is a hydraulic flat tappet block. The modified vortecs at first glance seem like a great deal, but once you get into all the odds and ends of modifiying them.... it hardly seems worth it compared to a set of edelbrock e-street heads for example.

They make springs that do not require machining of the heads with different hardware that give enough clearance up to 550 lift . Should be able to have a set of vortecs for about $800 new . I think the eddys are 900-1000 . Good heads also but not as good as edelbrock e-tecs or AFR . Both of the later will blast your budget.