Antilagnos8inj2wd

Cheapest and best place to get a cossie head ported and polished ive been qoted £500 so far

Any ideas peeps?

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£500 sounds cheap to me provided the work is good

Rhys

£500 is cheap!! but make sure its done right

Benn 304R

I was quoted £700 to do mine and thought that was a good price lol.

Antilagnos8inj2wd

Yeah i had my last head ported by the same person and it was ported good gave me another 35 hp on the same spec i had and felt bundles better, Just wondered if it was a good price. Hows it done by hand or machine ive got a dremel in da shed

Alloy

There's no chance you could do it by Dremel lol, knife edging and polishing can be done by Dremel but it's still a risk. I did it on my own YZ125 before giving it to a mate to be done right.

When it comes down to porting theres all sorts of calculations do be down.

GAZ W

YEP

The BEST... karl norris

PGT

does the figure of £500-700 ish include general stuff like new guides and springs or is it all just machine work on ports etc?

Shings

To be honest 500-700 would only cover the porting I imagine...

I know the sorts of things Karls charges and roughly what goes into what.

At the end of the day you pay that sort of money dont expect a lot if it comes with new guides and springs and stuff.

Aint cossie valves somet like 16 quid each.. ?

Mike Rainbird

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The cheapest and best are not two words normally associated together , personally, I would only take it to one person for Cossies, and that is Nick Waples (Ex F1 / WRC fame). Not as cheap as £500, but results speak for themselves.

PAUL V

Hi mike have for a contact for Nick Waples ?

RANJ

i assume wud be thru ahmed or harvey

unless rainbirds well connected

Mike Rainbird

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Ranj,
I'm that well connected, that I actually know what he looks like .

However, Nick lives out in Spain now, so all head work goes through Harvey (01733 576 614) and has to be shipped out there for him to do.

PAUL V

Thank for the info mike but i would like to deal with the organ grinder not the monkey

Mike Rainbird

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That's why I gave you the contact number . Don't expect it to be cheap though...



An example of one of his medium port heads.

RANJ

wtf u doing up so late anyway mike

Mike Rainbird

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Jen's been off playing badminton in Kings Lynn, so I'm bored watching Die Hard and playing on the laptop .

PAUL V

I think you missed the point i would rather deal with Nick Waples and not though a middel man so to speek, i am sure you understand.

Mike Rainbird

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You can't . Nick is a very private person and won't deal with the general public, so you have to go through Harvey or get second best (i.e. someone else to do it ).

PAUL V

You meen harvey wants his cut mike i am in the engine business so know the score, i would rather deal, speak to the person who is going to do the work their self. Who is second best then ? please don't say Karl as he apparently got a queue/ waiting list. Or have i got to have a go myself

R4N SS

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i think i got one of them heads in my car as it is a harvey gibbs 400spec and the head was ported to fook

RANJ

you could also try mark sheads headman
thru mark

Mike Rainbird

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Paul,
Suit yourself . I don't know who second best is, as I don't compromise on things like that .

PAUL V

i will Ranj

Mike Rainbird

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Paul,
Didn't you read, you have to go though Mark for him as well .

R4N SS

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RANJ

mark dont use nick

PAUL V

Thanks for the Reply how do you know my name though

Any way O/T i know but have you ran the swedish gear kit in your car yet ?

Ps i think i need to have a chat to you about my engine speck when would it be best to call you

Mike Rainbird

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Ranj,
Don't be thick, the whole reason that Paul didn't want to go through Harvey, was because he wanted to avoid a middle man, but now you're suggesting the same thing (going through a middle man), but both the middle man and the headman are different .

RANJ

mike, its nearly 0100, i tend to gointo thick mode at this time,

paul, andy chesman engineering in coventry are also very good

Mike Rainbird

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I know EVERYTHING .

Yes, has been in the car for some time now, why?

You can call me Friday on my mobile any time. I am having a day off tomorrow and will be out and about Friday.

Alternatively you can email me anytime you like.

PAUL V

What is it like does it wine ?? I am thinking of useing one but like you use the car on the road.

I will try to ring on friday could email you but would be quicker on the phone.

Now how do you know my name then

Mike Rainbird

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Is slightly noisier than Quaife, but not so it annoys. You can only really hear it at slow speeds, once in the higher gears the drone of the Mongoose drowns it out .

I have a good memory, you posted it once on another thread .

PAUL V

ok mike i will let you off hope to speak to you on friday enjoy you day off.

Ginge !

mike the memory man, bet ya missus never lies to ya and 5 years later it will bite her in the ass

Benn 304R

You can try Julian Godfrey

ImaRacing 700

I think the MAD engines have proved the head work is the BEST of em all