Does bent valve=damaged guide?
Does bent valve=damaged guide? A friend of mine is trying to sell his stock 243 casting heads with comp 918 springs. As of right now the valves are bent because of someone not knowing what they were doing when installing a cam. The heads will have new valves but my question is, Is it probable that the valve guides are damaged? He is wanting to sell them fairly cheap and i know patriot sell castings for $395 but, he is trying to sell me his heads and a BMR adjustable tq arm(sell new for around $400) for $600 for both. If there is a chance of them being damaged what would i look for if i were to look at them? Thanks guys
for a visual inspection look for flat spots and knicks or anywhere that may look like the valve had hard contact with the guide. also look at the valves also.they may have signs of hard contact also
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Originally Posted by BadBlackZ
A friend of mine is trying to sell his stock 243 casting heads with comp 918 springs. As of right now the valves are bent because of someone not knowing what they were doing when installing a cam. The heads will have new valves but my question is, Is it probable that the valve guides are damaged? He is wanting to sell them fairly cheap and i know patriot sell castings for $395 but, he is trying to sell me his heads and a BMR adjustable tq arm(sell new for around $400) for $600 for both. If there is a chance of them being damaged what would i look for if i were to look at them? Thanks guys
IMO, pass on them unless he gives the heads for ~ 150>200$
