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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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Default HEAD WORK IN SO CAL.. who does it?

as the thread states, who does some good head work on ls1 heads? i would prefer someone who can do it for a good price......looking for more power. im at 415 rwhp now and i would really like to get over 500 N/A...... any help is appreciated.

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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 11:30 PM
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race prep does killer work but they are damn expensive
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 11:40 PM
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i got a really good price from the shop in my sig..I am getting the 241's with all bells and whistles. pm me or give them a call
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 12:35 AM
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west coast cylinder heads in Reseda, they're pretty good and close
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 02:04 AM
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I'll go with ken and recommend West Coast. When i used to work at Baker Cylinder heads in Valencia, we used to deal with them. They do good work.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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I have West Coast heads also, and theyre great.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 02:42 PM
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We offer our PhaseIIE heads that flow 300/230 and come with 26918 springs and stainless valves for $1,400.00/pair assembled! Give us a call if you would like to order, we have them in stock.

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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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thanks guys, ill check it out. west coast is a sponsor here? ill look, thanks again
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Originally Posted by sandro arellano
thanks guys, ill check it out. west coast is a sponsor here? ill look, thanks again

yes they are, look in the western sponsor section on the top
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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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You'd have a hard time finding a better head porter than Race-Prep.

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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 08:32 PM
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Call lee at 310 9300208 tell him cisko sent you he does excellent jobs and decent prices highly recomended
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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thanks
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Old Apr 20, 2006 | 06:25 PM
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Call excelsior motorsports and talk to Brock or Kusan. They have a contact that can build some crazy flowing heads. (858) 565-8000

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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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I would go with West Cost Cylinder Heads. Have used atleast 6 to 7 diffrent set-ups on diffrent cars and they all worked fine.
call richard at 818-705-5454

http://www.proheads.com/ one of the sponsers on this site.

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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by badls1
I would go with West Cost Cylinder Heads. Have used atleast 6 to 7 diffrent set-ups on diffrent cars and they all worked fine.
call richard at 818-705-5454

http://www.proheads.com/ one of the sponsers on this site.

harry
well i rarely agree with you, but this time i do, richard is awesome
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 01:13 PM
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Yeah WCCH is one of the few companies that really gets things done quickly with good results. Now if I can only talk richard into doing some small cc stage 3 edelbrock heads I'll be set.
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