Cylinder Head Rebuild Prices???...

Last year I had to rebild the stock heads and the price to rebuild was the same as new aluminum heads. I put the new heads on rather than rebuild.

Thanks you guys.. yeah, I'm torn between nice new updated original heads or the newer tech alum heads... which alum heads did you end up with Imguy? How are they working out?.. Thanks...

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Valves, spring, screw-in-studs, guides, valve job, labor etc. etc. etc. 550 bucks a head dont sound to bad.

Sounds pretty good to me and if you go to Al heads you are still gonna have to buy this stuff plus the cost of the bare heads at approximately $1500 per pair (well as long as you don't buy that cheap chinese knock-off Procomp stuff)

CHI heads are the preferred brand these days. www.chiheads.com I have a set of the 4V just arrived from Australia.

PLT-1 :
I knew you were going to ask.... My car is having a little rust repair done and is currently unavailable and of course in looking thru my files I can't lay my hands on the paperwork either. I am 90% sure these are the heads along with the intake: http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/mc/heads/ford_sb_clev.shtml
My car is strictly a street car (no racing) with moderate hp and lots of torque.. I absolutely love the way it turned out. Very depenble, easy to use as a daily driver, LOTS of fun to drive on the street. The torque lets the car appear to have more motor in it than it really has.

A lot depends on what you are looking for:
- an all original car
- big HP motor ( good for the track and bragging rights)
- street car easy to drive every day.
all are great choices and as with every choice each has tradeoff's....

Ed..

No biggie Ed, thanks for the help and advice... It's looking like I will just go ahead w/the original C heads. I still have the original four bolt engine in this car so I think I will freshen up this engine and use the C heads.