Quote Originally Posted by jansen View Post
Whatever I decide to do I'm gonna top it off with the 853's I ported. Planning on getting an actual boost cam specd for it and a victor Jr intake . This is something I can put together at a budget cost, after all it is a budget build. I've thought about a stroked 6.0 but if I'm gonna spend the money on a 6.0 block I want to put l92 heads on it and a holley intake but My budget is gonna get cut short . Reason for the budget cut is because I've got to upgrade my fuel system, turbo, cold pipes, hot pipes, waste gates, and intercooler . Gonna have lots of stuff for sale in the next few months ha ha .
I have heard terrible things about 853 heads like requiring a graphite gasket and not flowing very well. Of course your port job should help, but with 243/799s coming down in price so dramatically in the last few years I would jump on a set and port them. Seen them go as cheap as $300 even a set of wcch heads are on pt.net for $800 right now. My thought is why spend $3000 on the short block and cheap out on the heads.