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Old 09-10-2011, 02:28 AM
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I want my heads P&P. I think I've posted this before but I can't find my own thread lol.

What's the average price on some CNC porting? Kinda in a budget. So who would do some hand porting instead of CNC? And what's an average price on either. I'm ready to port my heads but idk what would be best, probably obviously CNC but like I said I need to know what's a good price for some.
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Originally Posted by mannyman84
I want my heads P&P. I think I've posted this before but I can't find my own thread lol.

What's the average price on some CNC porting? Kinda in a budget. So who would do some hand porting instead of CNC? And what's an average price on either. I'm ready to port my heads but idk what would be best, probably obviously CNC but like I said I need to know what's a good price for some.
what heads do you have... richard at wcch has a real nice cnc program for the ls6/ls2/ls4 heads.... if you have some 241's,853's i know tim's porting in the valley does some real nice hand porting... every car i tune with his heads make respectable power
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+1 for Tims Porting hes out in Santa Clarita.. He did a great job on my 853's back in 07" too bad I had to go thru a middle man "Rob" and I got rapped on the price. But after that.. Took him 2 more sets of heads & a bunch of TB's & MAF's for porting & a good price... Let him know Ben from the valley sent you. 661-251-4822
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I've always heard that a hand P&P is better than CNC because of the shelving each pass makes (you can see it if you look at a CNC'ed head); hand P&P walls a smoother. Most places that offer a hand P&P head are a hand finished CNC head, not a fully hand worked head. But then again, a full hand job is more expensive.
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I have some 243's and need to port them while they are out. What is the average price for some CNC and hand jobs.
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I have some 243's and need to port them while they are out. What is the average price for some CNC and hand jobs.
if you have a set of 243's then only go to Richard at West coast cylinder heads... Proheads.com.... give them a call and talk to them about your options and goals.... believe me he is the only way to go...
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Originally Posted by Ryne @ CMS
if you have a set of 243's then only go to Richard at West coast cylinder heads... Proheads.com.... give them a call and talk to them about your options and goals.... believe me he is the only way to go...
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