whats a genuine LZ14 head worth errol???
----- Original Message ----- From: "E Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:53 AM Subject: RE: unsubscribe > I am currently doing up a late FIA head. It is costing a lot to do up but it > will be worth it. > I had to sell the last FIA head I had due to extreme poverty. I will try to > not repeat that mistake. > A cost breakdown is: - $100 testing for porosity, cracks and hardness. $300 > inc freight for hardening the head back to T6 specs. 214N stainless billet > valves tuftrided tuliped and swirl polished are $528. Valve spring pairs > with matched rates $280 a set. New silchrome valve seats and new bronze > guides with 5 cut angles on the seats and the radius blended into the > chambers and face machining back cylinder face and manifold face $650. Flow > matching of inlet ports and flow matching exhaust ports to ensure 80% flow > of inlets $600. 8 new rocker arms (lightened and polished) $240 + time to > modify. > Machining cam tower for flow modifications and to fit cam spray bar $100. > Billet "Clive Cams" camshaft $210. > Titanium valve spring retainers $240. > > Total costs for the head will be approx $3200, plus manifold gasket > manufacture ($300) and fabricated extractors $600 - $1000?). This is on top > of the purchase price for the head in the first place. > > Any wonder you see the heads and inlet manifold only on Nissan Sport sites > in the US for $3400 US. It costs money to do this stuff properly and you get > what you pay for! An FIA is a bit like owning a works 510 SSS safari car vs > the 510 deluxe granny car. Both are great in their own right, but one is a > lot more fun and appreciates greatly in value. > > Other heads may be better (OS GIKEN or LZ16 valvers) but this head was > available and they arent :-) A mint L18 OS GIKEN head went back to Japan a > while back. It sold for Y 1,000,000 $14,450 AUD) with all manifolds, carbs > and cams. > > Cheers, > Feral Errol > <http://www.datrats.com.au/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
