I was not certain that I needed my heads rebuilt but I had heard that the VW engine is subject to needing the heads rebuilt often and I had a few times that I had some higher engine temps. So, for a sort of preventive maintenance I decided to pull the heads and after seeing the heavy carbon I felt it was worthy of having them rebuilt. I have them in a shop that I have been using for many years on many of my vintage and higher performance vehicle restorations. I trust them.
Jeff York On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 10:44 PM Randall Smith via KRnet < krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > If you can find a really good machine shop that builds racing motors they > will normally do a very good job on heads. We have a place in Denton Texas > called Calvert motors. They have been building engines since before I was > born And I'm over 70. The old man is still working in the shop and both > sons are there. I just had them do the heads and block for Marine unit for > my sons boat. When they were doing the head they called me and recommended > putting in different valves and springs. I'm not sure how many of you know > about how easy you can float the valves on a boat but you can't do it with > this one after they got done. It was not cheap it cost me $600 for a six > cylinder head but it was well worth it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 3, 2022, at 9:12 PM, MS <propbala...@att.net> wrote: > > > I clicked on Mark's link and was reading this material just for the > pleasure of reading it again . . . and came across this familiar paragraph: > > > *"If you get the impression that a GOOD valve job is time consuming, > you're absolutely right! I've got 18 hours in the guide and seat work, and > that's not counting cc'ing the chambers. That's why I seriously doubt that > you can pay ANYBODY enough money to do this job correctly, so you pretty > much have to do it yourself. And you may PAY for a "performance valve job" > but I'd sincerely question whether or not you'll actually get one! The > problem is that when somebody brings in a head for a valve job, the > mechanic immediately knows that you don't have what it takes to do it > yourself, and after it's put back together, you can't tell what's been > done!" * > > This observation explains in succinct terms just why we need to do this > kind of work ourselves. Even if we could find someone trustworthy, they > would in no way take such pains to do the kind of job this document > explains so well. For those dark nights and bad weather flights it's > reassuring to know just how well the work was done. At least in my case > (where I had no previous experience doing this kind of work) the learning > experience was great fun. It's fun in fact just reading it over today, all > these years later. > > Here's a link to some shots of my own project for anyone's interest. > > https://tinyurl.com/3zkjvps3 > > Mike Stirewalt > KSEE > > > > > > > > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet > > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet >
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