Wow, nice thread (long).
My biggest pet peeve with the article was that the basics weren't given in either the July or August issues, like compression ratio (10.8, given online but not in the magazine we pay for) and cam specs for the Comp XR292R (not even listed for FE on Comp's website). Then again, dyno articles in the good old days didn't give cam specs either, and stuff like .050 duration or even .100 duration didn't exist.
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/new-product-overview-ford-fe-heads-trick-flow/#dsc_1831-jpghttp://www.compcams.com/Company/CC/cam-specs/Details.aspx?csid=1028&sb=2As the Gonkulator compares all the FE heads these come out right there with the leaders of the pack which is highly commendable.
And, I get the idea of having longer valves for more lift & spring, and longer pads for more threads.
But those things also make it a Race Head, as the 5-6 pages in this thread show.
Why not offer a "Real Street Bolt On No Kidding" version of these heads, shorter valves, factory pad heights, so that stuff like the good old factory rocker setup will bolt on?
Seems it would vastly open up the potential market for these otherwise great heads.