Heads - Who needs 'em?!

[DSMINMN]

Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

Again, I wasn't trying to offend you.

That sounds good and you should add that first paragraph to your original post.
What would the price be for a basic cleanup like that?

Quality will be in the pie, until you have trap speeds/dyno sheets/flow charts it will be hard for you to say something like that unless you are just talking basics.

If you had prices it might help too. Again I'm not trying to offend you, I'm just telling you what I think to you.

This seems like a good deal for people buying used heads and questioning their quality, kinda like what happened with GH a couple of months ago.

I appreciate the clarification. It is though to say because of the all variables. Assuming the person wants to have the head cleaned, checked, pressure tested, have a valve job done, a resurface, the oil port mod and the flashing removed; it would be right around $180-200. It could easily be more with parts, gaskets and the like. That should give you an alright idea though.

The exact reason I came to 'Style with this was to get a name started for myself. A good one at that! As far as flow charts go, I still have to build the fixture to fit a 4g to our flow bench.

Originally Posted by Fejery4491

If I can find a cheap enough head to throw your way I'll have you build me a pretty plain Jane back up head.

Sounds good!

Originally Posted by dsmreck

now thats not a bad deal really^

I'm glad I don't seem to unrealistic.

[turbotalon1g]

Originally Posted by DSMINMN

Clean and check - $20

Pressure test - $15

Valve job - $80

Resurface - $20

Guide and seat work will vary on number needing to be replaced.

The flashing and various porting work will be hourly. My rate for now will be $10.00/hr.

I hope this gives you all a little better of an idea of how cost effective this is. Until I am out of school. lol Then only God knows.

Originally Posted by DSMINMN

I appreciate the clarification. It is though to say because of the all variables. Assuming the person wants to have the head cleaned, checked, pressure tested, have a valve job done, a resurface, the oil port mod and the flashing removed; it would be right around $180-200. It could easily be more with parts, gaskets and the like. That should give you an alright idea though.

The exact reason I came to 'Style with this was to get a name started for myself. A good one at that! As far as flow charts go, I still have to build the fixture to fit a 4g to our flow bench.




Sounds good!



I'm glad I don't seem to unrealistic.

Those prices looks really good, those posts will really help keep "customers" informed and get them more likely to do business.

If you can do flow testing you will have 0 problems selling your services. I have an extra 1G head no-one seems to want if you need more cores, it came off my motor running just fine but my car is setup for 2G stuff.

Good luck to you.

[DSMINMN]

Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

Those prices looks really good, those posts will really help keep "customers" informed and get them more likely to do business.

If you can do flow testing you will have 0 problems selling your services. I have an extra 1G head no-one seems to want if you need more cores, it came off my motor running just fine but my car is setup for 2G stuff.

Good luck to you.

I'll let you know if I'm ever in need! I know I'll be making some trips down to pick up heads, parts and the like. So that shouldn't be a problem.

I'll be asking the instructor about the flow bench again tomorrow. He told my friend (Honda enthusiast) and I what we needed to make to get our heads to fit the bench. He was pretty vague though and it was awhile back.

Thanks!

[goodhart]

Originally Posted by DSMINMN

I appreciate the clarification. It is though to say because of the all variables. Assuming the person wants to have the head cleaned, checked, pressure tested, have a valve job done, a resurface, the oil port mod and the flashing removed; it would be right around $180-200. It could easily be more with parts, gaskets and the like. That should give you an alright idea though.

That's a good price. Cylinder head express quoted me $385 for the same list of things. I told the guy to get bent and walked out, then got it done at a very small fraction of that number at a different shop a week later.

[DSMINMN]

Originally Posted by goodhart

That's a good price. Cylinder head express quoted me $385 for the same list of things. I told the guy to get bent and walked out, then got it done at a very small fraction of that number at a different shop a week later.

Understandable. This stuff takes some time. It really isn't too hard when you get everything setup, but the setup will sometime take you an hour or so. Depending on what you're trying to accomplish.