Heads-175 used
head machine work- 120 to surface, 100 to cut guides=220
Cam, lifters and springs from Jegs= 275
intake manifold-125
misc gaskets-75
headbolts-30
May still need pushrods, dont know yet, havnt measured....
Im a little drunk right now and am forgetting some small items....

Time spent finding out these dont just bolt on.........priceless...

So before I post a new thread, maybe someone can tell me what the actual headbolts are tightened too?

Ive seen three steps of ft-lb torquing, and Ive seen torque and then angle.......which one do I do?

 

yea, you could make a good price comparo for buying aftermarket heads vs. swapping to vortecs. and if you went to a roller cam, you will need push rods. if you are using a flat tappet, you will probably still need push rods since the heads were resurfaced and the probablity of the rocker stud being at a different height

 

The getto grind doesnt invollve grinding the valve guides you grind the backs of the spring retainers...

 

There are two versions of the 'ghetto grind', one involves the guides, the other the keepers. Regardless, I opted to have the guides machined. Im tired of dikin with this project and at this point I wasted a ton of money, whats a ton more!

 

It sounds like you are going about it the right way so I doubt it is a waste of money. Also the Vortecs will have some decent resale value when you go to upgrade.