Advice on Heads for 69 350

[Thedivingpirate]

Having work done to my 1969 lemans convertible while I am deployed to the middle east. Internet is crappy and doing much research for part numbers is a pain in the butt.
It is my daily driver while I am home.
Looking at replacing the heads, intake, and carb.
Any suggestions on a good combo for mild street performance.
Stock 2 speed power glide is the current transmission.

With the heads, I have read that stock Pontiac 350 heads are pretty good, worth rebuilding?

I would try and search the forums but it takes like 2 min to load a page, most of the time it times out.
Thanks for your time and help.
Chris
HMC USN

 

[melsg5]

Like everthing else it depends on your budget. If you can afford it Edelbrock aluminum heads, or another manufacturer, are the way to go. If you find a good machine shop they can rework your current heads, larger valves, porting, milling to raise compression. You can combine either heads with a Edelbrock dual plane intake and a Holley 650 vacuum secondary carb.

 

[Thedivingpirate]

Thanks for the advice. Budget depends on the wife and the mood she is in..
Chris

 

[melsg5]

At the same time dont forget to change the camshaft

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[Pontiacpower]

Would it be a decent idea to take some pontiac 350 heads to the machine shop? Would it save some money? Lookin for 400 horse in my 71 lemans with bolt ons and a cam. Eventually bore and stroke to 383

 

[melsg5]

depends on which heads, read this link on head tests
http://www.wallaceracing.com/ultimatehead.htm