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Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: feets] #2910574 04/15/21 05:14 PM 04/15/21 05:14 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,154 PA. pittsburghracer "Little"John
pittsburghracer "Little"John Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 20,154 PA.	Originally Posted by feets Originally Posted by pittsburghracer Did you get a flowsheet? 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 9.42@138.27 Livin and lovin life one day at a time

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: CSK] #2910590 04/15/21 05:47 PM 04/15/21 05:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 14,492 So. Burlington, Vt. F fast68plymouth I Live Here
fast68plymouth I Live Here F Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 14,492 So. Burlington, Vt.	Quote 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

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: fast68plymouth] #2910630 04/15/21 07:37 PM 04/15/21 07:37 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 695 Southern Alberta Uberpube mopar
Uberpube mopar Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 695 Southern Alberta	I'm interested to know where not to send my heads.

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: Uberpube] #2910638 04/15/21 07:43 PM 04/15/21 07:43 PM
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GTS340 mopar Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 403 Romulus, MI	Originally Posted by Uberpube I'm interested to know where not to send my heads. Touché

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: feets] #2910715 04/15/21 09:49 PM 04/15/21 09:49 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,754 Windsor, ON, Canada D Diplomat360 top fuel
Diplomat360 top fuel D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,754 Windsor, ON, Canada	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!

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: fast68plymouth] #2910910 04/16/21 12:14 PM 04/16/21 12:14 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,336 north of coder moparx "Butt Crack Bob"
moparx "Butt Crack Bob" Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,336 north of coder	Originally Posted by fast68plymouth Quote 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!!!

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: feets] #2910995 04/16/21 03:55 PM 04/16/21 03:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,036 Shelby Twp. Mi HardcoreB master
HardcoreB master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,036 Shelby Twp. Mi	Originally Posted by feets Originally Posted by moparx 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?

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: HardcoreB] #2911034 04/16/21 06:21 PM 04/16/21 06:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,067 Irving, TX feets OP Senior Management
feets OP Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,067 Irving, TX	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. 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

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: feets] #2911879 04/19/21 10:13 AM 04/19/21 10:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,036 Shelby Twp. Mi HardcoreB master
HardcoreB master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,036 Shelby Twp. Mi	All said I don't think that was a bad price at all to pay for what you got. In your new post it looks like a VALVE JOB was done as well as lapped seats? Honestly the chips of aluminum i see you'll never know it went thru the motor. That said I would take a scribe and remove anything that looked 'loose'. The work looks good.

Re: Heads are done. A couple questions... [Re: HardcoreB] #2911889 04/19/21 11:02 AM 04/19/21 11:02 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,067 Irving, TX feets OP Senior Management
feets OP Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,067 Irving, TX	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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