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04-23-2024, 05:25 PM | #1 |
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current cost of having good stocker head work?
current cost of having good stocker head work?
just the labor ? small block
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04-23-2024, 05:34 PM | #2 |
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04-23-2024, 11:40 PM | #3 |
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Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
$7k just in labor on a stocker head that can't " LEGALLY " be ported...SMH
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04-23-2024, 11:56 PM | #4 |
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Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
One awesome valve job
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Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?
Like most forms of racing, we are pricing ourselves out of business.
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04-24-2024, 12:23 PM | #6 |
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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! |
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04-24-2024, 02:37 PM | #7 |
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04-24-2024, 02:53 PM | #9 |
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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?
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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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