@Thom any thoughts on VCT heads, AU tickford heads and the XG head above?
  is the head even a restriction with a stock ish cam?

I don't have any proof other than being told that the AU heads flow better than the earlier heads

Is the AU tickford head any good flow wise.   I checked out my XG motor, it has a 94AB head which seems to be one of the better non tickford e series heads.

From what I am aware, the only difference between the XR6 head and the VCT head is the VCT.   As far as the BArra ECU, pretty sure you would be better off with individual coils.

Apologies for raising an old thread, but it's not covered here.   Is the AU XR6 VCT topend worth playing with as far as the head goes?    Would the VCT itself work with the EA cam, I'd assume if it did, the VCT when it kicks in would make the profile a bit more aggressive again compared to using the cam in non VCT cars.   Sorry for the dumb questions there seems to be limited info on hotting up an NA VCT engine outside of locking the cam and using the non VCT cams.

Is the XR6 VCT topend worth playing with as far as the head goes? or should I be looking for a different head like the EF XR6?   I have the correct EEC to suit the VCT with a 5 speed.   I was thinking of running a Barra ECU for extra tunability would it be worth going to an FG coil pack arrangement?   I have what I assume is the stock XG engine as well with everything needed to run that so swapping parts is doable for sure.

Thom's thread is the business when it comes to those motors. Might even find the answer to your first question in there somewhere too.

Aaaah yes the plenum.   The bane of all XA-XF Falcons.....        Well, that will still go hard, and sound sweeeeet.!

Thanx,14x8 on this one 😁👍

http://www.ozfalcon.com.au/index.php?/topic/1233-thoms-40l-thread/&   Been reading this thread, very interesting read indeed.   Seems all I need is an EF XR6 head to build thoms combo, got all the rest of the parts, pretty sure the XG cam is the 91DA cam spoken about in the thread.   Would come pretty close to getting the XB into that magical 13 seconds bracket I'm chasing.