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wanna head job



Get the guys who did the bunnys job..
and have them "deck" the head.. they tend to use GM specs :-) raise that
compression right on up.



On 4/6/06, Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- "Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> > 1) are all p&p created equal?
>
> No way, no how.
>
> > 2) will the valves be adjusted properly or is that something i'll have
> > to do myself?
>
> If hydraulic valves, you're OK  :)  One would think any rebuilder should
> set the valve lash for
> you as part of the rebuild.
>
> > 3) is there a price that i should be looking at?
>
> You're into several hundred dollars easily.
>
> > 4) the p.o. stripped a spark plug hole and slipped an insert in. it
> > keeps the spark plug about 1/2" higher than the others. can this be
> fixed?
>
> Yes, see Jim Jarrett's signature.
> If you need an 8V head rebuilt and you already have broken studs and a
> stripped plug hole, find a
> different head and have it done, then just swap it on.  I'd helicoil all
> the exhaust stud holes as
> part of the rebuild.
>
> > 5) am i missing anything else?
> There's a guy here in Cincy called Weinle, I hear he's done a few...ask
> Benny.
>
> G/L
>
> Herr Cheapass
>
> >
>
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