dimebag

so... most all aftermarket heads seem to be stock castings, just p/p'ed... i found some pi heads for 200 bucks(one has damage from thrown rod, not concerned, nothing some welding and resurfacing cant fix)... is it worth my time to grab these and port them, obviously do a valve job, resurface, etc etc... throw some good springs on them and maybe some stage2 cams... the only cost to me would be the 200 for the heads, and then the price for the cams/springs, all the labor wouldnt effect me, as i work at a machine shop, and would take care of it there


so worth it or negative?

Daveo2k6

Id say do it! I sent my heads to get P&P to MMR and got em back YESTERDAY! pumped cause i need to get my car on the road!!!

dimebag

just saw the pics of the damage... its not too bad... if i can try to get him off the price a little i just might

dimebag

so, any more opinions?

what realistic gains would i be looking at w. port work and cams?

dh04 red gt

1/3 of the cost of new heads plus you get cams. I think it would be worth it if you can fix the damaged head yourself.

pcs

i p/p's my heads too, much cheaper than ordering a set, say patriots perf. throw in a good set of cams and you be set. im still running the stock valves too.

SleepingGT

you can buy them in good undamaged shape for less than 400 generally and pretty regularly for less than 300

as far as aftermarket, they're is no real aftermarket 2v modular cylinder head, the closest thing was the SVO heads but they were also made by ford, all the 1000-3000 heads are ported and/or CNC'd stock heads

dimebag

i understand that and all, which is why im lookin at getting these

and as for getting them for a little more but no damage... i could careless... i work at a machine shop, itll just be time, no money involved, maybe 2 valves....

im more wondering what real gains id be looking at by porting these(boss is good w. this ****, hell be doin it), and throwing say vt stage2's in it or something

Adam03GT

I would also like to know how much porting your stock heads would get you. I would do cams later on but just curious...

Sorry kinda off topic.. Say i wanted to get my stock heads ported. How long does a job like that take and cost?