A done right twisted wedge head with the key area's fixed will EASILY pass an afr 185 but it will cost more. I talked to Ed Curtis about where my money would be best spent on my TW's and he said bowl work and a 'good' valve job. Then theres cleaning, assembly and new valve springs if needed so it gets costly!! Im not biased so i'd still suggest the jr's or the 185's. The tw's can easily outrun the jr's or afr's but it will cost you more like I said. I run tw's on my stroker as you know because I had them from my 302. had I been starting out with a new head, jr's would be sitting on top my block
I'm going to be pulling my heads once it warms up to redo my gaskets and head bolts and have the lower manifold milled to fit better. Unsure if i'll have FTI work on them a bit, sell them or bolt em back on as is. I kinda wanna work on this combo some more since theres a TON more in it so i'll probably keep them.