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Title: valve/ head work??
Post by: xjs3667 on August 29, 2012, 01:37:56 AM
Any one who does head work and valve grinding around Flint?   and about how much?   also where's a good place to buy some new valves for a decent price?  Thanks
Title: Re: valve/ head work??
Post by: Jthomas on August 29, 2012, 01:29:21 PM
Quote from: xjs3667 on August 29, 2012, 01:37:56 AM
Any one who does head work and valve grinding around Flint?   and about how much?   also where's a good place to buy some new valves for a decent price?  Thanks

Let me talk to the old man, he ordered mine for me, but it was like $100/valve. I only bought the intakes. the exhaust were big enough.
Title: Re: valve/ head work??
Post by: xjs3667 on September 01, 2012, 02:53:33 AM
^^^???? at $100 a valve I could just get me some real nice new heads..... loll     mabe Im just reading it wrong??
Title: Re: valve/ head work??
Post by: drogers on September 01, 2012, 03:43:50 AM
Reichert Engines Inc in owosso . 9897235845
the guy in there are great i had the check my alum cly head for the 2.0 i had . thay had to mill it 20 tho.
quick turn around
Title: Re: valve/ head work??
Post by: drogers on September 01, 2012, 03:58:37 AM
the page i got from the last time i was there
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2q9yi5i.jpg) (http://i49.tinypic.com/2q9yi5i.jpg)
Title: Re: valve/ head work??
Post by: fast78ford on September 01, 2012, 04:04:43 AM
shannon's in montrose
Title: Re: valve/ head work??
Post by: Jthomas on September 01, 2012, 04:27:01 AM
Quote from: xjs3667 on September 01, 2012, 02:53:33 AM
^^^???? at $100 a valve I could just get me some real nice new heads..... loll     mabe Im just reading it wrong??

Pick up a brodix catalog. They average like $5000. Bare and go way up. $800 on valves ain't nothin at that point lol
Title: Re: valve/ head work??
Post by: xjs3667 on September 01, 2012, 04:40:50 AM
sorry I would never spend that kind of money on a bare head loll   no matter how rich i was..... Im not building a drag engine or nothing :)  Im just rebuilding a sbc that I pretty much got shafted on loll


And Thanks guys for posting up some places for me, I guess I'll be makin some calls.... Reicherts sounds real good tho, my buddy told me about em but figured I'd see if there was any other places around :)