NEED HELP! heads intake runner scratch affect anything?
05-09-2008, 08:14 PM
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NEED HELP! heads intake runner scratch affect anything? so im looking to get some heads and i found a good deal on some afr 205's, but he told me there is a scratch on the intake runner. the outside of it is what he said. idk how big as i didnt think to ask. would/could this potentially damage my car in any way? or affect performance in any way? but like he said it is on the outside. he had them installed on his car for a couple thousand miles. im now having second thoughts as these are a lot of money and id prefer not to throw money away. any input would help, thanks.
05-10-2008, 12:14 PM
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hes at pinks right now but i could ask when he gets home. im pretty new to the heads thing. hes gonna come by my house tomorrow so i can look at them. i was thinking the same thing if its just a little one, but like i said i got no clue. he said that it could be machined out.
05-11-2008, 02:58 AM
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^^ Its the guy that wants $1300 for them, just look at them tomorrow and you post a pic and tell the guy you will get back to him in a couple hours to get some opnions on here
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05-11-2008, 10:46 AM
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Oops..sorry for caps.
05-11-2008, 10:59 AM
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actually yes it is those heads. but yall dont think that that would or could ptentially affect anything. if i see any more scratches ill take pics of them and let him know i need a few more hours. how much do you think it would cost to get machined back to perfect?
05-11-2008, 11:02 AM
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oh and i pmed patrick g and this is what he said "If the scratch is in side of the chamber or port, you're probably OK. If it's on a machine gasket surface, that's bad." unfortunatly idk what the machine gasket surface is. would that be it?
05-11-2008, 11:13 AM
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how will i be able to tell if it is too deep? should i basically get a mesuring tape out and mesure? how much would it cost to get all of that out, would it even be able to be done?
05-11-2008, 11:40 AM
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From the pics i would honestly say your fine, the 2 larger indentations are realy close to the intake runner, if you look at the o rings from the intake, they are slightly back a little, i dont think all those little scratches would be a problem.
05-11-2008, 11:57 AM
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ok but now, worse case scenario... say i buy em and put em on and it IS bad. how would it affect my car performance/reliability wise? what problems would be caused? and would they basically be unsavable and useless or can this be fixed?
05-11-2008, 11:59 AM
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also im not sure if yall noticed but there is a gouge directly across for the one below it. like up top. going into the oring seal. but still not past it. would the fix be to basically get some "weld" or metal filling to fill the little gouges?
05-11-2008, 12:05 PM
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The only problem that could happen if the o rings dont seal then there will be vacuum leak. i think some rtv or some sealer and they would seal up fine. If for some reason they dont seal a machine shop could weld a little and re machine that surface. That might cost $150 ish if that