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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 07:07 PM
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Question gto 243 heads ????

hey guys wondering if you can tell me if $475 is a good price fro assembled goat heads ?
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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Seems high to me, I paid $300 for a fresh low miles set of LS2 heads. Now
if that money included uprated springs, retainers, etc. it would make more
sense. But plain stock takeoffs with no work done and nothing special, I'd
work on that price.
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i figured so, ill see what i can do on price $350 would be fair , they have 10k on them plus i have to put new springs to match up coming cam
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got some info on the heads he said they have yellow valve springs , have the triangle under all spark plug holes, and that he is pretty sure they are the sodium filled valves ??? how can you tell if the valves are sodium filled other than weighing them ???
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Originally Posted by 95brobra
got some info on the heads he said they have yellow valve springs , have the triangle under all spark plug holes, and that he is pretty sure they are the sodium filled valves ??? how can you tell if the valves are sodium filled other than weighing them ???

You can't....

LS6: intake = 73 grams, exhaust = 65 grams
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