defconfire

As I'm sure a few of you know, I got a set of patriot heads with leaky valve guides, So the heads came off and were shipped to a reputable machine shop.

Today I get a call from the guy saying that I a lucky SOB.

He said that while he was dissembling the heads he noticed that one of the keepers was missing from one of the valves ON BOTH HEADS!

So now I am thanking my lucky stars because I didn't end up dropping a valve and completely blowing my engine... again.


I know that many of you guys have had some degree of success with patriot but I honestly wouldn't recommend them to anyone, I don't think anyone should risk it.

hpwrestler220

wow.. glad to hear you found out before it was too late..

00' GT

a mechanic at my local shop says he'll never install those heads on any customer's cars. way too many problems with them.

Sxynerd

But what's your suggestion of options without spending another $500+? I agree with your anger about your experience but it very well could have been an isolated incident.

Soldier GT

Ditto... Glad you got it through it okay. I had thought about going with Patriots but have decided to wait for the new Trick Flow heads.

defconfire

It could have been an isolated indecent, but they don't seem to have a good track record.

I didn't really have an alternative suggestion for anyone i was just informing everyone of my personal experience with them,

945LSTANG

people have bashed the patriot 5.0 heads to death in the 5.0 section. i know were talking about their 4.6 heads but i doubt there is much of a difference in quality.

quality control is supposedly terrible at patriot performance.

i know that there really arent many other options but still....

cliffyk

Ditto...

There have been an awful lot of "isolated incidents"...

mustangman281

Sorry to hear that man. I heard all of the stories before I bought my patriot heads so I paid $100 to a local machine shop to go thru the heads (check valve guides, spring pressure, installed height and valve seat sealing) and I got lucky. The shop told me they were the best set of patriots they ever saw.

defconfire

I really wish I had thought to do that before installing them the first time.