Brainstorming Ideas for 400-450 hp 360 Build

[MOPAROFFICIAL]

I agree. You can get quench with the early heads, you just have to have a machinist who understands the piston CAN (and SHOULD) come out of the deck, or you are the machinist and you do it yourself.

And you are the first on the same line of thinking, setup machining and or buying a piston with a proud head on it/quenchhead/dome.
Right on.
My 410 quench dome j headed sb had 8.889 dynamic and would still slip by on crap cali 91.
And again imo some people are switching the perspective around or simply have a difference of such .... It was as stated.. if you got some cast-iron heads laying around there you go, but if you don't ...you're probably going to buy an after market head and they most all have....closed chambers 'an aluminum head for cheap' . So we're not arguing about whether or not quench is going to happen or has to happen or it's not good or it's the bee's knees.... but this is preference being touted/argued about. So thats YOUR or HIS OR THEM etc's 'preference'...ok bitchin.. nothing wrong with that...though its still not a make or break deal for the goal.
It can go any way you want it to go.
Im not gonna NOT build a motor just because i can't have good quench or incorporate it somehow.
We have some smart people here, good thing we also have really good readers, sometimes. lol

 

[MOPAROFFICIAL]

If I’m building a new street motor to run on pump gas, I’m not going to “chose” to not build a motor with decent quench.

If I have a pile of stuff sitting on the shelf I wanna use up, then it is what it is.

For the sake of 'these days' or 'anymore...' thats all thats out there, closed chambers and flat tops. So to me... thats a given. Now a Pile of stuff or core motor... which? or like me... a couple extra ported sets of heads and the desire to keep very stealth apperence ... Not that my world doesnt revolve around stealth.
I cant disagree with you, just diesect a little.
diff for everyone, is why.
Got to be careful though because cheaper AM heads that 'could' need extra work 'Edelbrock deal'.. where you're taking brand new heads at fifteen hundred + bucks are running $400 worth of machine work to fix them up , 'sometimes more for those picky about the valve job'. In short form ...how much do you want to spend on 425 horsepower? see..
do we need a 1500 - 1800 dollar set of heads? Or does it need a 500 dollar set with 400 in some port work.
Does it matter, nope..

We just love our own way or the path we're most familiar with.... but it aint the only way......'to generalize it'.