Captainkirk's Duster project

A little more fodder for the ol' thought-mill; heads.
I left one of my J heads with Tony to check....once again...the cc volume (this time, think I'll write it down...LOL!) But I also asked him to check to see if the valve seats are hardened (probably not) and if not, the possibility of of putting some 2.02s in. Remember; these are the heads with the mild porting and 5-angle valve job (and the knurled guides everyone seems to hate these days). Haters gotta hate, I s'pose......
So, starting over with the X-heads would preserve the J's as they are...set up for standard domed pistons at 11.5:1. A good strip motor with racing gas, methinks. Of course, we don't know the condition of the X heads or valves, springs, etc....and they are not ported. But they ARE 63cc small-chamber heads, which will boost the compression up where Tony wants it, but not too high.
Of course, the cost of prepping these heads would need to be compared closely to the price of a set of Edelbrocks. If the price is comparable, the ideal thing to do with this motor would be slap a set on brand-new Eddies on. Tony says the Eddy heads can run as high as 11:1 on pump gas.
I don't know where we're going, but I think we are moving in the right direction, anyway.