hunterd557
Registered User
Just a little help here, I found someone who will do the labor for dirt cheap, but he almost refuses to remachine the heads or weld them if they are cracked insisting that replacing the heads is the only way to go.
Maybe someone can give me some insight here, but the car has over 130,000 miles on it and the head gasket went up (little history), just wondering that IF . . . and ONLY IF . . .I have to buy cylinder heads, where can I buy them from.
Also, should I even bother replacing the heads? I mean, I hear a lot . . . oh boy I've been searching for hours . . .about how people just remachine the heads and call it a day with new gaskets, but if you guys think they should be replaced as well, then we'll work with that, but I honestly think that if there are people out here running their cars with remachined heads, why can't I do it.
He said he'd do it, but he highly recommends that I buy new heads, suggesting that I should do it the "right way" the first time and I'll never have to do it again.
I don't know, I mean, I don't like shortcuts, but having owned more than one full-race spec vehicle, I know that cyl heads are expensive when "like new" but machining them can be expensive as well.
I don't know, what do you guys think?
-Dave
Maybe someone can give me some insight here, but the car has over 130,000 miles on it and the head gasket went up (little history), just wondering that IF . . . and ONLY IF . . .I have to buy cylinder heads, where can I buy them from.
Also, should I even bother replacing the heads? I mean, I hear a lot . . . oh boy I've been searching for hours . . .about how people just remachine the heads and call it a day with new gaskets, but if you guys think they should be replaced as well, then we'll work with that, but I honestly think that if there are people out here running their cars with remachined heads, why can't I do it.
He said he'd do it, but he highly recommends that I buy new heads, suggesting that I should do it the "right way" the first time and I'll never have to do it again.
I don't know, I mean, I don't like shortcuts, but having owned more than one full-race spec vehicle, I know that cyl heads are expensive when "like new" but machining them can be expensive as well.
I don't know, what do you guys think?
-Dave