Did you happen to cc the ports before and/or after?

Thanks the link was very helpful.

Started putting together my short block but having questions now of the way I installed the cam bearings. Number 1 is obvious.  But 2-5,I put at 3 o'clock as per Barry's book. ( he said 2-4 are normally installed at 3 o'clock because of the oil groves in the block) Mine has an oil groove in the 5'th Bering journal also so I installed it at o'clock also. Is this right?

I guess my question about springs is more about which brand would you trust more for reliability.  Comp recommends the 924 spring and that's what I have. I also have the Howard's cam springs that are very similar just a tad stiffer. I recently heard that comp springs have questionable reliability. I'm not saying that it's true I just don't know. The Howard's stuff I have zero experience with and just got the springs with a set of heads I purchased so if I'd use them I'll have to take me to my machine shop and verify the pressures, because of there unknown history.

Thanks for the link. It really got the gears turning, makes me really want to drop an fe down in It. But that's down the road for now it's a daily driver until I get other projects finished.

The new six ran strong when I put it in but then the converter went so at the moment the trans and converter are at the local trans shop should get them back this coming week.

 Is there anyone familar with the autolite 1100's on this board. The only complaint is after I rebuilt the carb (not sure if it did it  prior) is if the engine is under load at a slow speed (like backing up a steep hill) then you  let off of the throttle the engine stalls. I've tried adjusting the dash pod with no help.

This was my great grandmothers car. She passed about 14 years or so ago and when my grand father was trying to figure out what to do with " that piece of junk"I helped him out with $200. Now I was 16 and had huge plans of a 427 4 speed drag car but girls and such changed all that. It sat for several years before I got it and it sat until this past summer, when I got the itch for it again. The guys at work thought I was joking that I was pulling an old wagon out of the weeds to drive daily, or atleast until the night I drove it to work. Lol all they could do is ask why. I just smiled and asked why not. It's far from nice but I can still remember driving to town with her to get chicken so she could make us some of her famous pan fried chicken when she watched us in the summer. 

Valves are going to be cj size and I hope to get them on a flow bench soon. There going on a 390 with a 294s. Cam and a street master intake which I have a crazy off the wall idea for as well. 525$ plus valves sounds like a hell of a price knowing what time goes into this. Granted i didn't use carbide burrs Very much, to be cautious. I'm hoping to get flow in the 240 range by 400" of lift.

Just thought I'd post a couple pics and get a few opinions of a little port work. I cc'd the heads prior to grinding on them. They where 142 which I thought they where supposed to be around 150 which after porting (minus a little blending left to do) they measured at 153cc's. I guess I was wondering if anyone cc'd these heads before and after mild porting. I just tried to straighten the sides, raised the roof slightly and a little pocket porting. I left the short side alone except a little clean up of the casting flash.