What are you going to be using the truck for?

 

around town. camping a few times a year. light hauling of a in bed camper. work and back. things like that

 

Hi, yes don't mill the heads... the can also cause intake fitment issues.. what kind of emission testing do you have to go thru.. that well dictate what you can do .. to increase power.. also is it injected or carburetor.
good luck
tim

 

Read about quench, squish, tumble, swirl and dynamic compression ratio. Quench is also sometimes called mechanical octane and can allow you to run a higher static compression ratio with less requirement for high octane fuel. Aluminum heads can help with this too in a well-designed engine. Dynamic compression ratio interests you on this point because a well designed cam can bleed off excess compression at low rpms when the engine is prone to detonation. You won't be able to build all of this into an engine by shopping in a catalog. You will need the help of an experienced builder of performance engines.

Here is a thread that addresses some of these points:

http://www.460ford.com/forum/37-engine-tech/161549-what-quench-how-important.html

This might help:

tumble and swirl, quench & squish | Grumpys Performance Garage

DON'T "SHAVE" ANYTHING UNTIL YOU DESIGN EVERYTHING.

 

ok no shaving. got it.

no emissions where i live. it is injected.

i was looking stroker kits. but they are way out of my price range. haha im waiting to finish my dads f250 so i can have my bronco 2 back. in the mean time im looking for power adders. since i have his spare engine. cracked water jacket on the out side of the block.

i understand i would have fitment issues with the intake. what if i got that milled the same spec.
and with pre-ignition. if i where smooth any rough spot in the chamber take as little metal as i could so there would be no hot spots to pre ignite the fuel.

lol theres a lot to understand about this. i just want a direct path to success to follow.

 

If you want an easy path call Scotty J he has all the answers and can set you straight.

 

who is scotty j and how do i get ahold of him

 

Here's a link to a thread where Scotty, The Mad Porter, posted about an efi build. His efi build is a proven design. You can search for more of his posts. Search and read more of his posts here and use the links I posted above to make sense of it all.

Read about zero decking. Increasing compression and quench and decreasing detonation at the same time. Go with proven builds. You can't afford to reinvent the wheel.

http://www.460ford.com/forum/37-engine-tech/233490-what-year-efi-build.html