Hondaguy72 - I'll be honest, I had never heard of milling a head before you mentioned it
It does seem like milling would give me the cc's needed for higher compression (0.006" per cc). The forum research I have done has sown that I can delete 5-6 cc's max and bump up my compression by .5 - .75 points. Soooo ---v
355 w/ milled
350 Vortec heads, 59cc, 0.035 quench, piston 0.01" in the hole, 0cc dish - 11.97 CR
355 w/ milled
305 Vortec heads, 52cc, 0.035 quench, piston 0.01" in the hole, 0cc dish - 13.26 CR
Oddly, the super small cc 305 heads put me inline with the Prius's CR.
The 700r4 is staying. I had to drive my mama's Trailblazer with the updated version of the 700r4 in it. I was coasting up to 1/4 mile on flat ground to slight inclines with out losing much speed, much better than my "good aero" ZX2.
Thanks for the info!