willyfastz

LT or LS results.

bigfatls6

iTrader: (34)

I would like to know how you would trash a set of heads buy running too long of push rods? I know it would be possible if they were just way too long but man.

willyfastz

I'm guessing by reading the post above that the guides being cracked would have been caused by the loads being put on them from the long push rods. The push rods being to long throws the geometry out of wack which puts loads on the valve guides that shouldn't be there. The guides are just guides not supports. Running push rods to long like you must have done is bad on several parts.

Coreyc619

ill try to look this fella up, thx. have any idea on contact info or shop name? i did a quik google search before asking.. i found articles with people talking about his work etc. but i couldnt nail down a way to contact him??

HELLBENT - is LI long island or?? would you be so kind as to throw out some shop names? if i can get a ballin (or at least better than "standard") valve job for 300 bones im in..

KCS..."SAM kids don't need "donations". There is literally a wall of practice heads and blocks to mess up. Even if you got a student to do it, remember, he is a student. I'm not saying any of them are unable to do a decent valvejob, but you'd be better off having it done by a professional who has been doing them for a while and has a reputaion to uphold, than a student who just learned how to do a valvejob 3 months ago.

Second, it's not how many angles, it's what angles that make or break a valvejob. You'd be surprised what shops just go with your standard 30-45-60 with a 70* bowl cut and call that a "performance" valvejob.

Greg Good/HKE would be my first pick, but I don't know what kind of price/turn around time that would be. Robert @ LME would be my second pick and they'd probably get them back to you pretty quickly."

1. yea i dont know how things work at SAM, it was just a thought. not trying to belittle the students with my "donations". relax.

2. i was thinking 69 angles woulda been pretty cool, but i guess 1 angle will do since number of angles dont make a sh*t. ha im jk.. but yea i've been doing a lot of reading and yes thats what i've gathered.. its the angles you use not how many are present (necessarily). i thought F1 cars ran like 10+ angles tho? i guess the number of angles do matter? but uhh not in my application so much.. and darn sure not in the cost effective area

3. ill be more than happy to give those guys a call.


thx guys for your responses! very helpful indeed.. i ordered vizard's book on heads today.. im no stranger to a die grinder but im no pro (i do have the whole setup minus the flowbench, but i've been reading about riggin up my shop vac.. lol frankenstein project).. ive been relying on intuition for "what might work", and usually try to remove as little material as possible (risky recipe.. intuition can be very dangerous). i've had good success in doing that however (luck?) but hopefully the book will help me learn somethin

SS RRR

iTrader: (2)

Honestly I don't even know if he's porting anymore. You may want to try to contact MTI (not even sure if they're still in business) and ask around there since he used to work there years ago. Worth a shot at least. If not, you've got to know some fast LSx boys around there? I mean Houston holds the title of having many of the fastest f-bodys in the nation and that's been a fact for at least a decade now. You can also try the admin of this site, NineBall since he was heavily in the game. He should know peoples.

KCS

iTrader: (20)

Didn't mean to come across as abrasive, but it's a pretty common assumption that SAM is just dying for "donations" or that you can get good machine work for a good price if you "donate" your stuff. It's not that way at all, and for good reason.

Technically, no matter what you are gonna get at least 3 angles. My point was that more isn't necessarily better. At least not to the point of shopping around for who can do more angles. But now that i think about it, the only time I could see that is in the exhaust, where more angles are better if applied properly.

XtraCajunSS

iTrader: (2)

Yes, Craig Gallant is still in business and doing the same awesome work he always has. His performance DOES speak for itself. PM me and I can get you in touch with him.

Thanks,
Shane