3 if you are runnig a stock or mild cam the last thing you want to do is run a big head like a afr185 its too much you will lose your lowend and gain high end and thats not good for a daily driver. plus those heads are meant for engines with more ci than the 302.
if your understood the effects of minimum cross section and port length, target port velocity, and the effects of lobe area on a combination you would not post this.
the fact is, most people think using a larger cross section head will automatically kill bottom end power. so they run a small cross section head that limits airflow, use a cam with more lobe area to make their small head run up top and kill the usable powerband. but still claim the big head makes less steam. the smaller cam with the larger heads will likely make less peak power, but the usable powerband will be everywhere.
the reason most people dont do this is because when you run a head that is on the large size cross sectionally, the window of error you can have in valve timing closes exponentially. the cam has to be right. if the head is too small pretty much any cam will work.
whats funny is you say an AFR 185 is too big for a 302, yet a lot of people dont have a single problem running a 170cc TFS TW on a 302. guess what, their minimum cross sections are so close they could almost be considered identical.
what i think is interesting is that a lot of people that think a head can be too big tend to choke their heads off with a long runner intake. if the smallest cross section of the port is in the intake, how can a 15 or 20cc difference in port volume (assuming the same port length) make that big of a difference?
the answer is, it doesnt.
as far as the AFR 185 vs a TFS head goes, put 2.02+ valve AFR on a virgin bore block, put a TFS TW on the other deck. turn the motor over on the stand and look up the cylinders. let me know what you think.