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Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? #2913699
04/22/21 11:05 PM
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Gary at Larry’s Machine is having a problem

He sent a set of Indy small block heads for Cnc , which Modern already has a program for , but now no communication

Either on answering the phone or email

So is there anyone local to Modern that wants to make some money in stopping by Modern and picking up those heads and shipping them back to CT ??

And yes Larry’s Machine will gladly pay a recovery fee for doing so , send me a PM if interested or able to help


Tom ,

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2009 Challenger R/T
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Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: moparts] #2913726
04/23/21 12:14 AM
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A Super stock racer sent his heads intake and valve train to modern. It took 3 yrs to get the intake and valve train back. He let him keep the heads rather than pay shipping ( cheaper to buy cores than ship). Same story would not answer phone or return calls or email. The racer finally got fed up and had some one go to modern and forcibly remove his property. I posted about this and people came out of the wood work to support modern. I feel he is a deadbeat and would never do business or recommend him to anyone.


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Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: 1DGEMAN] #2913764
04/23/21 08:25 AM
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After everything I've heard about them since Jeff's passing, I wouldn't send them anything. Jeff was not a pleasant guy to deal with, but he did what he said he would do...from my experience anyway (from 2006).
There are too many other places that do good work to send your stuff to before I'd deal w/ someone whose word is no good.


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'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: an8sec70cuda] #2913795
04/23/21 10:11 AM
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I heard stories like this even when Jeff was alive. I would never send anything to MCH even though I hear some of their work is very good.

Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: 340Cuda] #2913825
04/23/21 11:17 AM
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There have been rumblings about Modern on the internet for years. So, with all this information easily found why do people still send them work? Not beating on Toms friend but even a cursory search would turn up a lot of stuff.

Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: justinp61] #2913879
04/23/21 12:37 PM
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I had problems with Jeff too. His work was first rate but getting him to do it was almost impossible. I hired him to FULLY port my heads, I got a bowl blend. I had to threaten to show up on his doorstep to get him to do the little he did.
Life is to short to have to deal with crap like that.

Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: quickd100] #2913884
04/23/21 12:43 PM
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Same ol story , racers get honked all the time .. and, no one ever either wants to believe so and so is dishonest or even bother to check ..


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Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: bigdad] #2913889
04/23/21 12:48 PM
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i have two pairs of heads that have been through Modern....the first set i didnt know, as i was dealing with another party that uses Modern. The second time......i held my breath LOL, but they came back pretty fast. Again i was dealing with a person that uses Modern. Would i do it again?? I dont think so, there are other places out there that do work just as good as modern, and they have reasonable turn around times and great communication. This type of work can take some time, but not forever or NO communication. Thats pretty poor service honestly. AND as most people know, i dont like to bash a company, but in this case you dont hear too many people praise the turnaround time or communication from Modern


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Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: moparts] #2914009
04/23/21 05:11 PM
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I haven't been on here for long time now.
A friend messaged me about this.
I'm not very local, more like semi-local, Modern Cyl Head is 35-40 minutes from where I work. More than an hour from home.
Had Bob CNC some Stage VI heads last year.
I like the guy & he does very nice work but seems to work on multiple projects at a time.
He used to CNC a lot of 906 heads for Muscle Motors.
He must have had some kind of turnover.
And I also see others complaining about part shortages due to the Covid crisis.
There was another thread like this 2 years ago on here.


R.I.P.- Gary "Coop" Davis 02/09/68-05/13/04
Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: Dean_Kuzluzski] #2914011
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R.I.P.- Gary "Coop" Davis 02/09/68-05/13/04
Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: Dean_Kuzluzski] #2914045
04/23/21 07:12 PM
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So where would you send a set of 440-1’s or any other Mopar heads to get ported?

Who is the best out there these days?

Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: Wax] #2914046
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Originally Posted by Wax
So where would you send a set of 440-1’s or any other Mopar heads to get ported?

Who is the best out there these days?



Larry Smith in North Carolina. Exceptional work.

Re: Anyone Close to Modern Cylinder Head ? [Re: Sammy] #2915041
04/26/21 08:38 AM
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Larry Smith in NC or Dwayne Porter (fast68plymouth) in VT.

Goodwin Competition seems to work miracles w/ -1 heads though. They make 200 hp more than anyone else ever has w/ them. laugh2


CHIP
'70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60
'69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60
'71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75
'73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75
'90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt
'06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax






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