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ProfessorRock 04-23-2024 05:25 PM

current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
current cost of having good stocker head work?
just the labor ? small block

David Lee 04-23-2024 05:34 PM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
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Originally Posted by ProfessorRock (Post 696443)
current cost of having good stocker head work?
just the labor ? small block

last two quotes from well known people - 7k

MLP 04-23-2024 11:40 PM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
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Originally Posted by David Lee (Post 696444)
last two quotes from well known people - 7k

$7k just in labor on a stocker head that can't " LEGALLY " be ported...SMH

Chipper Chapman 04-23-2024 11:56 PM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
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Originally Posted by MLP (Post 696466)
$7k just in labor on a stocker head that can't " LEGALLY " be ported...SMH

One awesome valve job

kansas stocker 04-24-2024 12:21 AM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
Like most forms of racing, we are pricing ourselves out of business.

Bill Grubbs 04-24-2024 12:23 PM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
Most engine builders I know will price that high because they don’t really want to do just the heads. They want to sell the whole package. Years ago we spent a crap load on money with an engine builder located in Houston, and did not qualify at a race🙄.

The moral of the story is to #1 choose your engine builder wisely, #2 treat it as a marriage (ie…don’t shop around after getting the product, stay with the builder till death do you part), #3 the chain is only as good as the weakest link, #4 money spent does not always equal et on the track.

For free I’ll also add…don’t eat in a hotel or sleep in a restaurant!

MR DERBY CITY 04-24-2024 02:37 PM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
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Originally Posted by ProfessorRock (Post 696443)
current cost of having good stocker head work?
just the labor ? small block

Too much ….:):)

MR DERBY CITY 04-24-2024 02:39 PM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
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Originally Posted by Bill Grubbs (Post 696488)
Most engine builders I know will price that high because they don’t really want to do just the heads. They want to sell the whole package. Years ago we spent a crap load on money with an engine builder located in Houston, and did not qualify at a race��.

The moral of the story is to #1 choose your engine builder wisely, #2 treat it as a marriage (ie…don’t shop around after getting the product, stay with the builder till death do you part), #3 the chain is only as good as the weakest link, #4 money spent does not always equal et on the track.

For free I’ll also add…don’t eat in a hotel or sleep in a restaurant!

Just curious Bill, where does one draw the LINE ?? :):)

Mike Gray 04-24-2024 02:53 PM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
There is only so much you can do to a stocker head. Are some shops just charging twice as much for the same work or are you getting your money's worth for spending double?

340Cuda 04-24-2024 03:12 PM

Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
 
Wow!

I am sure it depends on the head but how much does a pair of Super Stock heads run these days?


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