Yes I agree. We raced jr dragsters so Im well aware of buying good parts from the get go. I was planning on building a stout rotating assembly and then upgrade the heads down the road. Can you find good aluminum heads (used) for 600-800$$? I have a friend that can work the stock heads but once again I dont want to get it out for the first year and wish I would have spent the funds on bigger better heads. Can I run 14:1 compression with stock heads and keep those pistons with aluminum heads? make sense? thx ... the more info and advice you can give me the better..... thx MM