Should I keep these heads?

Moper.

I detected some of that "not open for discussion" attitude, but since I was the one asking, and I'm just a hobby racer (and he's "in the business"), I never argued with him.

My cam turned out well... it was exactly what I needed, but I degree my cams when I install them and the one I ended up with was the THIRD one he sent me; the other two were not ground correctly.... they either had too little gross lift, or the event specs were inconsistent with the card. Not bad enough to make it run "funny," probably, but didn't match the card.

He gladly replaced the first two (probably after seeing that I was right, after he got them back.)

Ultimately, he told me to degree it in, not by any other spec than making sure the intake valve closed exactly where the cam card said it should. I did that, and it has 195 pounds of cranking compression with a true 9:1 c.r.

But, in order to get it to close there, I had to advance it 4 degrees.

Now, I have TOO MUCH low-end torque (blows the tires off leaving from an idle), so the next time I have the front end off the motor, I'm going to take that advance out of it and try running it "straight up." I think it will destroy some of that excessive low-end, and maybe pick up a little on the top.

Anyway, Dave Hughes dictated every part in my valve train (what to buy) and not a single item has proved problematic... so far. Of course, I have a 6,000 rpm street engine with hydraulic rollers... what could possibly go wrong??? LOL! But, it DOES go 106 in 1,000-feet.... :sign10: Fast enough for an old man....

I'd buy from Hughes again... Guess I'm one of the six out of ten... LOL!