Re: Heads are done. A couple questions...
[Re: feets]
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04/15/21 05:14 PM
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I didn't even get a thank you. Wow. Sorry to hear you got screwed over.
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.38@138.67
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Re: Heads are done. A couple questions...
[Re: CSK]
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04/15/21 05:47 PM
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If you can get them to Katy Tx, take them apart & bring 2 retainers with locks & one each valves & I will fix them & give you some flow #'s off of my toy Super Flow bench,, No charge !!! Tremendous offer from you Charlie!!!
68 Satellite, 383 with stock 906’s, 3550lbs, 11.18@123 Dealer for Comp Cams/Indy Heads
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Re: Heads are done. A couple questions...
[Re: Uberpube]
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04/15/21 07:43 PM
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I'm interested to know where not to send my heads. Touché
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Re: Heads are done. A couple questions...
[Re: feets]
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04/15/21 09:49 PM
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As most everyone has already stated, these should not look like that.
But...to make you feel better (well, meaning this [censored] happens far too many times to all of us), check out the attached photos...the crud on the side of the guide is the left-over machining junk that the shop left in my factory SB heads.
That was after $1.5K CAD in '99 (so yeah, freaking expensive, but this was a highly recommended racing machine shop in London, ON, Canada - 'Atchison Machine Service').
Good thing I pulled these apart, I was going to try my hand at some serious head porting work...glad I did!
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Re: Heads are done. A couple questions...
[Re: feets]
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04/16/21 03:55 PM
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as a machinist, i don't like what i see on that guide, CNC program or not. those heads need taken apart and that mess touched up/fixed. how many ports are like that ? All ports are like that. This is not what I expected to see after being told "around $750" and being charged $1233. What all was done for $1233? Cleaning used parts, full cnc (ports and chamber) and valvejob? Shipping?
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Re: Heads are done. A couple questions...
[Re: HardcoreB]
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04/16/21 06:21 PM
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The heads were used but clean, disassembled, and freshly decked. I supplied new valves, seats, retainers, locks, and springs. I didn't supply the seals because I didn't know what would be needed after the work was done.
I told him that I needed every bit of flow I could get out of them. He and I discussed it at length and he said it would be around $750.
Everyone scoffed at the $1600 quote I had previously so I thought that price was more typical.
He did the ports, chambers, faced the valve seats, and assembled the valves.
Last edited by feets; 04/16/21 06:26 PM.
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Re: Heads are done. A couple questions...
[Re: HardcoreB]
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04/19/21 11:02 AM
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The rest of the work looks good to me. I was disappointed to see the lack of attention and hand finishing. That made me think he was taking short cuts.
We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon
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