$425 For Rebuilt Head

[Fuzz420]

My dad just bought a head for his pos ford van.So when they went and picked it up i had my mechanic buddy quote me some head work while he was there with my dad.
Hes said they would mill the head for mg,New valves, retainers, seats, 3 angle valve job, mild p&p,check all clearances and probly something else im forgetting for $425. Does sound like a fair price. Im close to being able to get it done minus the cost of a hg.It sounds like good investment to me.

 

[brad92t]

wow. i want that. sounds too good to be true? i dunno..

 

[Fuzz420]

wow. i want that. sounds too good to be true? i dunno..

I mainly was just interested in doing the mhg, but for a few dollars more, makes me think a little

 

[Kai]

Hmm....last machine shop i went to quoted me £600 to rebuild the head to Stage 1 spec - light skim, port & polish, new oversized valves & recut seats.

There is a guy in the UK that i know through a friend that used to work on the Brabham F1 engines, he still does odd jobs every now and then - might be worth him taking the engine out and having a go at it. Certainly cant hurt to have an uber-pro have a look

 

[s383mmber1]

Go for it. I would if i got that quote, that is, unless i wasn't doing everything myself

Good deal though, id go for it

 

[1TuffSupra]

I concur, hell I paid 150 just to have my head milled. Its definitely a great price for the amount of work he is willing to do.

 

[lagged]

very good price.

 

[JAWS]

Valve guide seals?

If they do good work that is a fair price.

 

[mrnickleye]

That's what I paid here in Calif at the 'good' machine shop in town. They've been there over 50 years. They also adjusted the valves, so all I had to do was bolt it down.

 

[supra90turbo]

I 10th the motion.
That's a very nice price.

 

[Shytheed Dumas]

Just curious which shop gave you that price, since we're local and I had head work done myself a few months ago? If you go ahead with it and they do good work I'll want to keep their name in my back pocket for later on in case I need it. (OMG hopefully not...)

 

[Fuzz420]

Just curious which shop gave you that price, since we're local and I had head work done myself a few months ago? If you go ahead with it and they do good work I'll want to keep their name in my back pocket for later on in case I need it. (OMG hopefully not...)

Im not sure to be exact, i will have to check with my friend as im sure my dad wont remember the name of the place. Soon as i find out ill let you know.

 

[supramacist]

I'm looking at ball park of $500 to get the entire head reworked. Valves, valve seals. He's going to make the head flat for 35$. So I need to order an hks beaded 2mm MHG and some ARP studs.

 

[jazzsaxman1988]

I just paid $322 for a resurface and a full valve job. I was happy with the price, until I went to Toyota for the gasket set... that kicked it up to about $600 total for the gaskets and the machining. :-(

 

[Shytheed Dumas]

I think I ended paying around $225 to have my heat resurfaced and checked for any cracks plus installing new valve seals. Not what I would call a full rebuild, though.

Jazzsaxman - the costs got to me too. Three weeks of my car out of commission and $700 - $800 by the time I bought gasket kit, ARP's, tools, shop supplies, and paid the machine shop. Still beats the hell out of another $1,000 in labor, though.

 

[fiyota]

supramacist... are you getting your block machined aswell? Isn't that a requirement for a mhg?

 

[jazzsaxman1988]

louky - yeah. It's expensive. But hell, that's why the mk3's are money pits...

fotosoup - basically it is- because if the surfaces aren't basically perfect, they won't seal. That's why a lot of people use brake quiet or similar stuff on them- to fill in the imperfections in the metal.

 

[fiyota]

how long will brake cleaner hold the seal for a mhg?

 

[jazzsaxman1988]

If it's done right it'll hold quite a long time

 

[pimptrizkit]

i paid 553 for most of that minus the p&p

i had 7 vavle guides replaced, 3angle grind on all vavles, had the valves put under vaccume to check for leaks. hot tank.. re-assmble head

he also checked all my springs for proper seat pressure, and set the vavle lash. along with a ra of 25 done.

so i would say your getting a steal.

just the milling on my head cost me 45 or so atleast , thats why i chose him he was cheaper then a few other places but does good work,.