Thanks, @ALB, I always appreciate hearing your thoughts on a topic. As you can tell, I'm not looking for big horses out of this engine and hadn't planned on splitting the case if I didn't have to. I am the kind of guy that likes to make things better (as opposed to best) while I'm doing something, hence the Hoover mods.
I do have another question for the group, having decided not to spring for Pachittos at this point, should I do any head/port work while I've got it on the bench? As a reminder, the engine sat, rebuilt, for 14 years without being turned over before I bought it. It has dual 40 Kadrons and Mexican 043 heads. I've done the Kadron manifold porting to improve idle.
Would you recommend any touching up of the heads or head ports before I put it back together? My gut says to just port match the Kadron manifolds and the heads, but I thought I'd see what folks think before I take the time to do it. I don't want to leave any easy hp on the table, but don't want to mess up low end torque either. Thanks!
Mike