Re: [Amc-list] Head rebuild cost

["Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's the breakdown of costs that I got from the Napa machine shop that
did
the work:

Replace Valve Seat $60
Replace Valve Guides $72
Resurface Cyl Head $60
Valve Job $100.
Shop Supplies $12.
Total: $304.
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I don't know Justin -- shop work is just expensive! The avg. prices I
found on the Internet (http://www.strokerkits.com/machine_shop.htm is a
good listing) are more!

Valve guides - $9 each x 12 = $108
Install hardened seats - $17.50 each x 6 = $105 (did they install all
six exhaust seats or just a few? I bet they charge about $15 each and
replaced only those that couldn't be ground correctly)
Resurface head - $50 (call for price if over 0.010" though...)
Valve Job, I-6 - $180

TOTAL : $443

Take away the seats and you get $338 vs. $244 for your shop (minus
seats). So the average seems to be almost $100 more than your shop.
Better keep 'em if they do good work at that price! 

Machine work is just expensive. That's why it's cheaper to buy a crate
engine from a production company. They can guarantee a guy steady work,
whereas it's come and go with a local shop -- they may seem busy, but
that's because they can't expand. If they expand to easily keep up there
will be times when people have no work to do. 
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