Where to buy 243 heads
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I'm in Alaska, getting stuff shipped here is a joke generally, some people just flat out refuse, even if I'm willing to pay, I'm betting getting just heads shipped would be in the 200 to 300 range. I did manage to shop around and get my headers shipped up for $188, which was the best deal by far, most wanted around 300.
If you're on facebook, join LSx parts sell and trade. 243/799 heads are on there a lot for decent prices. You might get lucky and find someone like me who didn't realize how much shipping would be, lol
#12
Just look into your neighboring southern provinces lol. You can buy a dead Gen 4 5.3 or 4.8 here with the heads you want on it for $100 or less.... lol. Kijiji could be your friend lol.
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they pretty much are, flow/hp numbers are usually real close to one another, I was just doing a cost/effort vs. reward comparison. After doing some digging for the cost of new 243 castings/ or having my 317's machined locally i think the best bet will be sending mine off to TSP. Local machine shop quoted me 1800 on the high side for bigger valves and a little clean up work/milling, new "243" castings were in the 500 range per head before shipping. TSP has complete "packages" in the 1700 range, plus they seem to do their homework.
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Lol well I think he might spit on it first haha, there's a few, one backyard guy, another about 40 miles away. Haven't called them but I'm betting it wouldn't be much better, or I'll get what I pay for sorta thing haha. The local guy just opened up and brought in a bunch of new equipment so he has a ton of overhead, we'll see how long he stays open trying to charge those kinds of prices. Now I'm just torn between if I send mine to TSP should I spring for a full blown port/valve job since I'm already sending em all that way. My worry is since I'll be running a smaller cam 220r or smaller and not turning over 6k the port job would be pointless and may even hurt my low end grunt.
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