Awesome info here, thanks all. I cannot tell you how great this forum is, or Mopar people in general. I have been a Ford and Chevy guy at times and between getting ripped off by the local DoucheWagons, and the horrible people on the forums and Facebook pages it was enough... Chevy guys are WAY worse than Ford by the way. Mopar people are a great change and a breath of fresh air. It is exiting to own an old car again. I have only been doing my own mechanical stuff for about 6 years, so I have learned alot but maybe that will help explain some of my silly questions at times
Ok, back to the show...
Headers.. Seems to me unless I can get a good deal on Pro Part headers or Tri Y's, I am just going to get a new set of TTI 440 headers, the 1 3/4 ones. We all agree they fit with manual steering on a 440? Cannot get Schumacher mounts so I plan to use the Trans Dapt 'copy' of the Schumachers with my 71 K member. I believe that will work and I just need to notch for oil pump/filter?
Heads.. Seems the Promaxx, Sidewinder and 440 source 210 heads have been backordered forever and I cannot get a straight answer from any of those vendors, which also tells me they are the same casting? Anyway, what are your thoughts on the Eddie 5090 E street? Looks to be the same head as the RPM, with heavier valves, powdered metal seats and weaker springs (says flat tappet only). The thing I really like about the Eddie heads is they are available in 75CC chamber. If I go the good running core lower compression engine route, I would think this solves alot of issues.
I had my heart set on a roller cam setup for no other reason than its cool and I keep reading about faster ramp rates and wilder profile being tamer etc, but cannot really justify the extra cost. E street flat tappet heads are almost the same price as Promaxx heads which will work with roller. The cost of a nice flat cam kit is dramatically cheaper than a roller setup as you all know. So, what would you guys do? Is roller that much better? Probably a dumb question, but refer to my first paragraph lol