Thread: 350 rebuild head advice

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I bought a "new" daily driver over the weekend, and it doesn't have quite the hp I would like, and the 305 in it smokes a bit. Good reason to upgrade some ponies. Its an 86 C10 step side with 2.73 gears, runs like a champ on the hwy but slow off the line. Now I have re-built a few (4) engines but never screwed with head combinations/cam upgrade, so I come to you for input. I have a virgin 350 block (3970014) w/ 4bolt main. I have 3 sets of heads, 882 which came on the motor which were probably stock does not have the screw in studs so its not the 881 heads I was hoping they were, set of 462 camel hump (don't really want to screw with finding/making brackets for all of the accessories) and then a set of 305 heads. Cam flat tappet 262/270 duration, lift .462/.469. Performer Intake, Holly 650. Ok, I hear that if you use 305 heads you up the compression and makes for a torque monster but peters out around 5000rpm. But if I am running 2.73 gears, I should be good for all around off the line and at highway speeds. I am running on small budget, have to use what I have or sell what I have and buy other heads, I would love to buy some aluminum or dart iron eagle blem heads, I just don't have the cash. Most of the money for this build will be at the machine shop making sure everything is true, polished and magnufluxed. Please let me know if I am way off base or close but need to make an adjustment. Thanks for your help in advance.

Lance