fiveoho said:
i know exactly what you are saying. no sense in doing things twice. but like i said, gotta look at the financial perspective of it too. i just got off the phone with Jason at AFR while ago and mid way thru out convo, we got disconnected. couldnt get ahold of him after that so i will try tomorrow. he said the 185s arent bad for a 306...a little big. he wasnt satisfied with my cam choice. we were talking about that when we lost connection. i called back and got another guy and we talked for a few minutes. he on the other hand said he thought i had a good combo chosen, cam and all. so that right there just goes to show you. 2 different opinions from the company that makes the head!!!!
im calling back tomorrow and see what more Jason has to say.
thanks for all your input man
Hey guys, figured I would drop in my 2 cents….
Fiveoho, it was good talking to you, call me back anytime.
The other person you spoke to was Scott, he is right and I agree that you have a good combo. Until you mentioned the fact you only wanted to turn 55-5600RPM, at which point with that cam I doubt you would have even seen peak power yet. Especially when considering the rest of that combo you certainly wouldn't be using the better part of the "Curve".
I am ok with the decision to run the 185's on a 306, there are quite a few guys that have run them on 302's after notching pistons and 306's without almost any complaint of the fabled "No power" down low. I am sure most will agree your power curve, drivability, MPH, and ET are all because of your COMBINATION, not because you bolted on 1 part. So with that said, why would someone look at only one part to effectively "Kill" the combination? I do feel that you should have gotten 165's, but does it make the difference in the world? No. Are you still going to have great power either way? Yes.
Not for nothing, but you wont know which is better until you have the opportunity to use them on the same set-up back-to-back, which is probably why we don't get complaints on the larger head small motor set-up, the owners didn't have anything to compare it to except stock.
You have a great combo, just not for what you were going for.
Give me a call or drop me an e-mail if you have any further questions, Jason Dow