matthewpickup

i recon my head has a crack in it as its letting water into no2 bore , so looking at places to get another head (2wd) but I want a recon one or I was thinking about a new one but rather expensive , so has anyone had any dealings with this cnc heads place? any problems?
thanks

Cos500

Are they on eBay? Around £1100 exchange? Looked at them myself as need a new head

matthewpickup

yea thats where I found them then went onto their web site , seems for a standard yb head [guessing its bare] its 950 +vat and if you don't have a head to exchange or if they don't except your head [as much I can work out] its 600 on top of the 950 +vat , at that its still around 1k cheaper than a brand new head , I will be calling them tomorrow

Cos500

Let me know how you get on, hope my head is ok for exchange, nothing wrong with it and been rebuilt but needs a head saver so as I'm building a new engine im replacing the head.

matthewpickup

if I do use them I will let you know , I made a mistake its £748 difference to a new one if they don't take the old head , however will be calling round to sort something out wont go far without one

botters

iTrader: (2)

its part of ric wood motorsport so they will be good heads

Versus_Creations

iTrader: (1)

As said above cnc heads is a good pal of mine rick wood who does lots of top name tuners head work even if they dont admit it.

So when you buy a stage X head from someone chances are it came from there.

This day and age noone needs to be hand porting heads. CNC is far superior whatever the hand porter might try and tell you.

Cos500

That's good to know thanks.

matthewpickup

called today and spoke to Ric nice guy no crap tells you how it is , so my heads scrap asits cracked so looks like I will be paying the 600

also found out that coord sport cant supply new ones as they are no longer made .

so its 950+vat for recon head + 160+vat valve guides + 100+vat tapering + 600 surcharge [not sure if there is vat on surcharge]

so waiting on a guy that maybe has one getting back to me on Friday , if not my cracked head is already packaged and ready for the off next week .

botters

iTrader: (2)

i presume you have had your cylinder head crack tested then?

matthewpickup

well done my own , head is off turned up side down and poured brake cleaner onto it like a pool and watched it go down the crack , and as a control done the same with another port/cylinder and it went nowhere so I didn't see much point in wasting more money in getting it tested , and with having more of a look its not got good thickness I recon around 137mm , so wouldn't have put it back on anyway ,

I never thought it would be so hard to get another head , cant find any 2nd hand ones so I think a trip to see Ric Wood

Cos500

My heads good although around 138/4 so run it with a head saver plate, been run at 32psi and is fine, 3 angle seats, new stems oil seals, bronze guides etc but Im starting fresh and want a new one so hopefully they will take mine in pxor if not I'll ebay it.

oohogwash1

I have two spare ones but too far away from you sorry...i did not realise they are hard to find now

matthewpickup

thanks for the thought

but I am just going to get a recon one from Ric Wood , will pick it up in person as I will be down that way soon