- 1. valves (score: 1)
- Author: "John Weber" <weberjm@teleport.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:26:25 -0700
- Was just quoted $600 to redo my valves/head. Is this a pretty good quote or is it way out in gouge land? John '75 Spit
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00238.html (6,684 bytes)
- 2. Re: valves (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:42:02 -0700
- John, That figure is way out of a proper range. I had a complete valve job on a Spitfire head 3 years ago and it cost $212.00 Surely prices haven't gone up 300 percent in the past 3 years!!! Joe
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00240.html (6,939 bytes)
- 3. Re: valves (score: 1)
- Author: Patrick Baize <speedracre@netzero.net>
- Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 18:35:42 -0500
- What are they going to do for $600? Gold plate them?! I had the head on my spitfire planed and all the valves ground for reseating for Free. Thats toooooo much. I've had a lot of machine shop work do
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00251.html (7,360 bytes)
- 4. Re: valves (score: 1)
- Author: "MikeC" <mikech@sprynet.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:01:11 -0600
- WOW!! I paid $85 last fall for a valve job, surface and they even found some umbrella valve seals that fit. No parts replaces as they were all within specification. $600 sounds high even if new valve
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00256.html (6,997 bytes)
- 5. RE: valves (score: 1)
- Author: "Bowen, Patrick" <pbowen@intellinetics.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 08:04:46 -0400
- John, I had one done last year for $150 and that included some repair work. Now this price is with me taking the head off and taking it in to them, which is fairly simple. Look for a machine shop tha
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00283.html (7,159 bytes)
- 6. RE: valves (score: 1)
- Author: "Graziano, Michael" <michael.graziano@csfb.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 08:29:14 -0400
- WHen I had my engine done, I sent my head to the machine shop along with the rest of the engine. They magnafluxed it, shaved it, installed new valves and double springs, balanced the porting job I di
- /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00285.html (8,997 bytes)
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