Taking the Engine Out Where to go from here

Well, I haven't made up my mind yet, but I decided I should do something with the engine while it is out. I'm going to pull my engine out to put the tubular K-member in soon. Since the engine is about to celebrate it's 10th birthday, I figured I should take it apart and tidy things up a bit. Now, the engine still runs really well, and there is good compression on all the cylinders. So, if the hone job still looks good, I'm not going to mess with the short block. If I try and refresh it, I'll more than likely just mess it up.

I do have some issues with the heads though. Ed Curtis did get a form email back to me in about a week, and I filled out the little cam information sheet he sent me. However, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the heads. The machinest overported the intake for some reason, and the ports on the intake are wider than the ports on the heads by a little bit. I should probably have the heads port matched to the intake. I haven't decided if I want to go to a bigger intake valve either. Right now I have a 2.02" intake, and with the bigger ports it might not be a bad idea to step it up to a 2.05." However, I'm not sure I'll ever suck enough air with a 347 that can only rev up to 6500ish rpms. I also have some header bolt holes that have gotten boogered up, and I'll need to drill those out and put inserts in. Anyone have some input on what direction I should take it. Obviously, budget is an issue.

I'm also looking for a good cylinder head guy in North Georgia. I stopped by Proline Engines today and got a quote from them since they are right up the street. They were very much on the steep side. I might fly the heads back down to FL to get them done.

Kurt