Are these heads garbage?

[Shiroelex]

I'm tearing down some PI cylinder heads for a friend, so I can send them to the shop tomorrow to be cleaned, magnafluxed, and checked for warping. I noticed that these two spots where the cam sits are REALLY torn up. It's just bad on this one head, too. The other head is perfect. In fact, the other head was relatively clean, while this head came all slimy and smelly. They both have 9 holes on them for valve cover bolts, so I assume they are both Romeos. Can that cam thing be machined out, or should I even bother taking these tomorrow? It's pretty rough, and the cam that came off has some streaks on it on the two bearings. What should I do? Here's some crappy cellphone pictures of what I am talking about.

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[SaleenGT2001]

i'm no expert but i believe they can be fixed

 

[mazen189]

WOW!!! lol, i have no clue.

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

just so people know, that hole is supposed to be there. It's in each journal for lubrication. Dont know the answer for you, but do know those have to match the cam exactly - most say if you bust a cam tower/cap that you might even have to buy a new head cuz they are machined on head to fit the cam (two half circles). But i dunno how one will effect the balance of rotation

 

[Shiroelex]

Just got back from the machine shop, and the guy said that the head is junk. Cost to repair was greater than cost of a new head from ford. Go figure.

 

[d98gt]

Bummer. How much money did he drop on them?

 

[forum155pl]

damn dude that sucks... seems like people are having bad luck with PI swaps lately...

 

[Shiroelex]

Bummer. How much money did he drop on them?

This is where we got lucky. $63 whopping dollars! It's just, I now have brand new PI cams, valves, and springs coming and no use for them.