Cragrat

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cant decide what to do regards my 3drs head,it needs valves,guides & seals

came as a bit of a shock to find the best price for these is circa £520 before fitting em (i do know stuff aint cheap for em after 10 yrs ownership)

now was wondering what my options are can anyone help

do i bite the bullet and go ahead with it as the head i am told is good (dont know how thick it is tho)

or look for another one complete but is unknown to me & sell on my remains of a head

someone please help i want to get it back on the road

ta.

Barry R

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Just do it mate for piece of mind

jacko

see if you can find one done

Cragrat

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What should I be looking for in a decent head/wary of? As I was unaware of how badly worn my valves were

What sort of price am I looking at?

-beefy-

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a deecent stock head got to be around 500 with plenty of meat on it ,

i know someone who paid double for a big spec ported head that came off a low miler car ,

all depends on what power you want , if you plan on keeping the car ,

if its to get running to sell , then find a cheap head ,

if your keeping it and going 350 and up

may advice would be to pay for the parts mate,

im rebuilding mine albeit without new valves ,

beef

jacko

he first needs to check the thicknes of his head beef

but if it was me id wait for a good one to come allong they do quite often

cos ontop of your £520 parts bill it will be around 350 to have it built and machined and cleaned

costina

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my question is why would it need new valves??

Paul

-beefy-

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two good questions there daz ,


u priced the work up anywere other then the place thats quoted you ?

Cragrat

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Apparentley there is a lot of meat on it,will hav to find out exactly

Maybe its a case of better the devil u know

-beefy-

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than the devil you dont,

theres no substitute for peace of mind fella

Cragrat

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am just going stage 3 again but with a t34,maybe more later but want to keep it driveable for now

he says they are piss thin???

not priced anwhere else as i do trust him,a lot of people i know use him and get on well with him

should i get hold of the valves for a second opinion?? will feel bad doing that

bloody cosworths

-beefy-

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when it comes to spending your hard earned cash mate , dont ever feel bad ,

nothing wrong with a second opinion .

even the straighest of folk play the game when it comes to business ,

if he throws a shitty , give the work to another respected engineering company ,


beef

Lambchop

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I have a head with new tappets, ground valves etc etc. Not sure on thickness but i'd sell it if you wanted.

tabetha

Cossies suffer terribly with guide wear, and valve wear, and people reface the valves, which is not good in a cossie engine, as the edges will get so thin they will glow.
My head cost me £550, that was skim 8 new exhaust valves, 16 giudes made out of COLSHIBO, best you can get, each guide machined to fit, seats cut 3 angle etc etc.
Not all machine shops are rip off artists, the one I use has never done that, he often turns people away saying it doesn't need this or that, got plenty of life left, he's seriously stacked out work wise, but has done some rush jobs for me, like for roosie's mate who was flat out in 3rd gear went to 4th and hit 2nd!!.
tabetha

PGT

the valves available cheaply on ebay are ok for a budget rebuild - much cheaper than genuine ones

Glenn_

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Lol.