I recently brought home a 454 that i picked up from a co-worker and was checking out the heads for my rebuild, I was wandering if anybody can tell me if they are worth keeping. I ran the numbers on line (10114140) and they came up with this: '91&up, 366/427, closed, gen v, 2.06"int. & 1.72"exh. valves... I am just wanting a street/strip motor and i don't have the funds to replace them right now i can do a basic port and polish job myself but not an expert so im not going to do any major reshaping of the ports. So should i hit the junk yard in search of something else or save the cash for other important parts??? Thanks for any help

 

ill double check tonight when i go home but i know 7.4 is stamped on the side of the block and that would be the 454 from what i understand but i have 0 experience with a bbc

 

yup just ran the #'s it came up '91 and up 4 bolt main genV 454

 

Im not really looking for alot of high rpm power i would like to keep my powerband between idle and about 5500 but as of right now if i reuse the heads i have, i did some shopping around and i am looking at roughly $800 in parts plus the $700 i spent for the motor that puts my total cost at $1500. I appreciate the advice and i will definately do some head shopping, but i think im going to go ahead and give the old ones a shot, if they dont give me what im looking for i will at least have spent some time studying heads and deciding what set i want.