[hollingshedlr]

Hey fellas I have an issuse. I am about to buy a 388 short block for a steel of a deal. Everything in the block is cast with flat top pistons . What I want to know is. What top end parts can I get to made it a streetible (pump gas) motor?

 

[david_396]

How much $$'s you want to spend on a set of heads. steel or aluminum? Do you haveand intake and carb already?

 

[DZAUTO]

With that combo, and flat top pistons, I'd seriously consider using heads with 76cc chambers. That will most likely put the cr in the very hi 9s at best and low 10s at worst. GENERALLY speaking, the more alum on the top of the engine, the higher cr the engine will tolerate.
For a daily street/performance/driver, I personally perfer iron heads. Over the long haul, corrosion problems become more of an issue with alum heads.

 

[webfoot]

I'm running flat tops with valve reliefs in my 383 with AFR 64 cc heads, no pinging at all.

 

[hollingshedlr]

I have a set of drt 007 s/s Iron heads. What would be a good cam set

 

[ewscott]

I am running Dart Iron eagle 72cc heads with 388, flat top pistons with 2 valve reliefs. 12 degrees initial and full advance by 2600rpm. Must run high test gas. It only pings if I try to run around town with the rpm below 1800 rpm with the 2500 rpm torque converter locked up. My compression is around 10 to 1. I also run a high volume water pump with a performance 180 degree thermostat, 4 core radiator, and clutch 7 blade fan. She holds 180 solid thru all kinds of temps. No pinging under normal driving and petal to the metal.

 

[hollingshedlr]

thank for the info