The perfect "street engine"

[pistonbroke]

Ron, I'm trying to build the perfect street engine you speak of. Here is where I'm currently at in the process. 1953 low mile mercury . Cleaned and checked for cracks, board .030 , Three ring pistons ,Crank turned .010 .010 ,had hard seats cut in for the exhausts, running the stock Mercury cam ,stainless valves, Melling oil pump, new aluminum and steel timing gears . The distributor is a old dual point conversion I found ./ I ported the block but opted not to relieve it. I port matched the original Fenton headers to the block and plan on doing the same to the intake when I find one I like. Leaning towards a slingshot and a pair of 1 1/16" Holley's. I'm currently looking for a set of EAB heads and would like to hear more about this angle milling you have spoken of in past threads (what angle and how much) as aftermarket heads have reached the stratosphere in price. One question I have is, are hollow lifters that much better then solid adjustable ? Another one is are any of you running the modern front seal? I will follow this thread as far as it goes thanks guys , Tim