I thought of this because I can get an Iron Barrel head, get the performance valves and springs and do some squish band work + compression bumping and then try out performance cams for Iron Barrel, by replacing my AVL head. Not that I can do it now but maybe worth the shot later. Can always take this up as a part time project and work on it but the only doubt on my part is - will it end the valve bounce issue but I guess.. for these sorta things, we need to do it to figure out.
-Sanket
Don't forget that our upcoming new billet head for the UCE will also work on the AVL.
And also, it is important to avoid "scatter building". Get a goal in mind, and build toward that goal, using the correct components and methods. I see a lot of attempts to put various things together which are not designed to work well together, seemingly in some desperate attempt to make "something" happen.
Set a goal, make a design, proceed with the plan.
Do it right. Don't cheap out. Get the necessary precision machine work and measurments. Fit everything properly.
This is what I have been trying to get across to people for years. You can't "hodge-podge" a motor with a bunch of old scrap yard parts and various "speed parts", and then bolt it all together without measuring anything, and then hope it will work right. It's not cooking a stew with kitchen leftovers. It's a performance engine.
People wonder why all our stuff is designed to work with our other parts. And that we don't recommend using some eclectic concoction of "parts" from various disparate designers and sources who designed their "parts" while having no idea how some other unknown "parts" might interact with their "part", hoping it will somehow turn out right. It's because the engine is a system, and we understand that. So, we make systems.
To do a hodge-podge engine with "a piece from here, and a piece from there", the builder had better know what he is doing, and understand how to best implement the various parts to achieve the desired results. This is not always as easy as people think. Yes, it usually will achieve "some result", but rarely would it be a really good result, and never would it be optimal results.