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Originally Posted by VCho455
What is your goal?
How much power do you want or can you afford?
How will you use the car also dictates whether porting would be a good idea. The KRE's are good heads off the shelf.
A friendly inquiring call to Kauffman would provide the answer to that question.
Where did you purchase the heads?
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This is good to know.
I am not getting into competitive racing or anything. I would just like something that has around 400 hp but I probably would be satisfied with 375 hp. Kaufmann estimated with these heads and the crower 60916 cam, I would be in that area. At the moment with these mismatched heads, I would guess it produces around 280-300 hp.
I am okay spending a few thousand dollars more on it, but considering we already spent a few grand to improve this engine being not much better than stock, I may just buy a whole new 383 stroker engine (or a 400 if I can find one) I saw online for that cost to get to 375-400 hp.
I'm in contact through email with Kauffman but I probably should call since the email responses are very vague. The problem with this is it was purchased directly through them 20 years ago! When I was young and dumb, I installed the heads and couldnt get it running right so I quickly abandoned the project until I got the motivation to get it on the road for the first time in 2024. Now I am just trying to figure out how to get it to perform like an actual muscle car instead of something to putt around on.