Ported head opinions UPDATE
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Ported head opinions UPDATE ran across a set of heads that were hand ported by Katech about 6 years ago. 853 castings. new 2.02/1.58 valves. blue stripe springs. Can getthem for what seems like a decent price. Are they worth the trouble? In other words, any idea if they will give me a decent performance improvement? heads haven't been run since work was done and look very nice. Only running a 224r cam. what do you think a fair price would be? Also heads have been cut and chamber is 64.5 cc's.
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The only thing you should try to confirm is the runner volume. You would think that with the 2.02 intake they are not super over sized but you never know. May not be what you want if this is for a driver of any type. You could measure them yourself if the owner isn't opposed.
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Well, I picked them up today. Got them for $440. Got home and found that the retainers aren't magnetic, thinking titanium. The springs are natural colored with a blue stripe on them. Thought they were LS3 springs, but they don't look like LS3 springs up close. Maybe they're better than I anticipated.
Get the serial numbers off the ends of the heads and have me check them. You can email them to me. jason@katechengines.com. We were not hand porting 6 years ago so something doesn't sound right. At that time they would have been CNC-ported.
sounds like someone is trying to use the big dawgs name to sell his home made heads. maybe you got lucky and they the guy knew what he was doing... post up some pics of the port work
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http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/pts/3477169642.html from the craigslist ad
these pics are better than the ones I took. Jason from katech said they didn't do them. the springs are 918 comp springs and their ti retainers. those alone cost $500. so good deal no matter who ported them.
these pics are better than the ones I took. Jason from katech said they didn't do them. the springs are 918 comp springs and their ti retainers. those alone cost $500. so good deal no matter who ported them.
