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Panhandle performance is a good shop and has made a good name for them. I don't know why they said AFR heads are junk because of all the luck people have had with them. Ask them why, I was on the phone with them for over 20 minuts talking about a problem. He may be trying to sell you trickflows because he can get them to make more power for less cash then the AFR's, I don't know. Trickflow heads are great and the valve guide thing has been fixed a long time ago. I bought a set of canfields from them and the port work they did was top notch.
I have also herd bad things about eagle cranks. It is said that the 351, and 351 stroker cranks have to be reground because of poor quality. I have a eagle crank in my 347 and did not run into any problems though.
I think Keith craft and panhandle performance are both great shops and have herd great things about both.