These are my plans but I have some quesitons.

For some reason I want to keep my GT40 heads. Why? Well because of some strange feeling of pride I would like to feel when I hit great times with an outdated head. Let's just say that aluminum heads never existed so please don't tell me to buy a pair of afr or trickflow or whatever.

Ok with that out of the way, what I want to do is run low 12s with my current combo(in my sig). I already hit a 13.0 @ 104.78 and I know those mphs are good for a 12.8 sec pass. My plans are to port my heads, get a 1.94 intake valve, deck the heads to get a 10.5:1 compression ratio, and even order a custom cam from Jay or Ed.

Now my questions are:

1. With a 10.5:1 compression ratio, will I hurt daily driveability?
2. I was warned about doing the 1.94 valve job since it'll leave the runner very thin and may crack into the water jacket. I was also told that it could also be too close to the head cylinder wall and it will restrict some air flow. He advised to stick with the 1.84 but get some aftermarket ones which it's stems are thinner and allow for more air flow. What do you guys think of that?
3. What will I have to know in order to order a custom cam from Ed or Jay? I know this is where the power will be.
4. What am I missing? 30lb inj? Bigger TB?
5. I really don't care for hp/tq numbers but do you think I'll hit my goal of a low 12 sec pass? And for kicks, what hp/tq gains will I see?

I know I'll definately need a tune so a dyno tune or PMS is in my plans. I also plan to get a tubular k-member with a-arms and coil overs for wieght reduction. What do you guys think, can it be done? Oh, and since the compression will be a lil higher, NITROUS is also in the play book. Now I don't plan to have it as a daily driver, but I would like for it to drive like one.

Post up pics if you will. Was the head work pretty expensive? Thumper? Is that his screen name, what about TMoss, I've seen that he knows a lot as well?

thanks a lot for the link, it'll be an awesome read.

Which is why I e-mailed thumper but to no avail. I'll give him some time to respond, like mentioned above, he may be busy with race season.

TMoss, I had a local guy port my lower intake and it turned out pretty good but he didn't touch the upper. I would like to see if there's anything more you can do to it. Can you pm me a price for both upper and lower?

Blksn, what valves did you end up going with? How low can you go in rpms without bucking? Why didn't you opt to buying a custom cam from Ed or Jay? Do you have any 1320 numbers or hp/tq numbers for your combo? I plan to make mine a 306 once I blow this 302, but for now, it'll stay a 302. Sorry for all the questions.

Thanks TMoss, the guy really did an awesome job and he only charged me $60. I could literally see clear through the whole runner to the floor while standing over it. He smoothed everything out very well. He also offered to do the head work on my car for cheap so I'm trying to learn as much as I can so I can tell him what I want done. (SBF) is an awesome site!!! I'm learning a lot there and it kind of sucks that I'm the stupid newbie there, but hey, I'm hanging out in places where Thumper, Joel, and Jay post so it ain't that bad.

So far from what I've gathered is to..
1. keep the stock valves
2. clean sharp edges on throat and bowl
3. get a 5 angle valve job
4. open up the pitch point on the pushrods (can you explain more on this?)
5. "D" out the exhaust port

It's good to know I won't have to pay to open up my valve runner, some Manley intake valves should work fine.


Blaksn, thanks for all the info, you've been really helpful.