$800 for P&P and mill, too much?
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$800 for P&P and mill, too much?
Me and my brother are rebuilding a 01 LQ4. It has the 317 heads and he's wanting to boost compression some. He called a place about an hour away from us(the only place we could find that would do it) and he said porting/polishing, milling the heads, and doing a 3 angle valve job would run around $800. Too me that seems pretty high since we could buy a set of 243's or l92's for around that. I may be out of line but what do you guys typically pay for this?
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That seems really high to me, considering I had my heads done with a infinite angle valve job, mill, some super light clean up work for about 150-200 if I remember correctly. Hell WCCH charges about that much, I believe they also install bigger valves. How reputable is the shop? These heads do not need hard port work, as they flow well to start.
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I've never heard of the shop to be honest. My brother had talked to a couple of his friends that race here and there and that's who they recommended. I think I may call a place in Indianapolis that I've been told about. I've heard great things about them. I just wanted to make sure I was right in my thinking.
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Thats what kind of prices I got when I looked into it around here.
Just a basic clean,deck,mill,valvejob. No porting. Was going to cost me $350-400 with the 3 shops I looked into doing some.
Are they flowing the heads after? Any promising #'s?
Just a basic clean,deck,mill,valvejob. No porting. Was going to cost me $350-400 with the 3 shops I looked into doing some.
Are they flowing the heads after? Any promising #'s?
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Nope and nope. We found another guy that's been recommended from a few guy around here. He's hard to get ahold of though. I've been told he's fairly cheap too since he does it as a side job. I guess he can check and balance the crank, mill, P&P, valve job and assemble the heads. The kid I talked to said he just had a set of 243's done for around $300 out the door. Now it's just trying to get ahold of the guy and get a quote.
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Alright gotcha. Well I was told last night to check out a guy from Terre Haute that has built numerous racing engines and pulling engines. Anyways, he said he would mill, P&P, and do a valve job for $800. He also said he would give us a print out of the before and after flow too. I feel more comfortable that he can do that and from the couple guys I talked to at work last night he has a really good rep around this area.