freshening stock heads

[9150ho]

what all is involved in freshening up the stock heads, valve seals, etc, etc? and when checking the straightness of the heads, do you run the straight edge top to bottom, side to side, or diagonal. thanks.
sean

 

[R.J.]

I had mine done at a local machine shop in southern Cali, they are a division of CarQuest called H.D.S. Machine, for $470.00. They check straightness at all angles, replace freeze plugs, replace valve seals, find and replace bad springs, retainers, valves and valve guides. Cleaned and painted heads, ford blue. I had 120,000 miles on my heads and included in that price, they replaced 6 exhaust valves, 2 intake valves, 2 valve guides, removed a broken intake bolt from one head and cleaned my upper and lower intakes. Every thing came back looking brand new. Just the cleaning, painting and rebuild was $120.00, the intake cleaning was $65.00 for both. Tha broken bolt was $60.00, so mattering on the condition of your heads it could be really cheap to have them reconditioned professionally. Hope this helps Good luck

 

[94GTLaserRC]

I had mine done at a local machine shop in southern Cali, they are a division of CarQuest called H.D.S. Machine, for $470.00. They check straightness at all angles, replace freeze plugs, replace valve seals, find and replace bad springs, retainers, valves and valve guides. Cleaned and painted heads, ford blue. I had 120,000 miles on my heads and included in that price, they replaced 6 exhaust valves, 2 intake valves, 2 valve guides, removed a broken intake bolt from one head and cleaned my upper and lower intakes. Every thing came back looking brand new. Just the cleaning, painting and rebuild was $120.00, the intake cleaning was $65.00 for both. Tha broken bolt was $60.00, so mattering on the condition of your heads it could be really cheap to have them reconditioned professionally. Hope this helps Good luck

Damn..for that price, you can get one new fully assembled TFS head
RC