1. to Tom at PartsGroup for a heckuva deal on an 01 head. You ******* should be nice to him, it might pay off.

2. to lazzer. I'll spare him the "eat me lazzer" thread but yer a putz for sitting on two cylinder heads for effing ever!

3. I'm gettin a 2001 head to build! woooooooooot.

Guess I'll be doing some research on DIY porting over the next few months. And junk like that.

 

hellz yes, cheers to faster spool

 

who's doing the valve job?

 

Tom has hooked me up with good parts when in need. Best part is I usually get them the next day via DHL. He's just under 4 hrs from where I am in TN i think. I'd like to make it out to one of his dyno days sometime.

 

I've had nothing but great transactions with Parts Group and Tom.

 

no clue yet. somewhere awesome?

 

the guy that milled my head is said to have three nationaly ranked miatas that he built the engines for.

 

incidentally, Tom pre-cleans and checks the heads for flatness as part of his standard fare. dont think he's doing valve jaerbs tho.

 

Actually i'm pretty sure he builds some mean heads. Here is one of this for sale listings:
"Cylinder Heads
90-93 Bare Heads.Presure Tested.Good Thickness.Can Build To Suit Your Needs.From Stock To Wild!"
Might be a one stop shop for you.

 

My old boss is Ron (owner) at M2 Race Systems.

http://www.m2race.com/index.asp

A hellva guy and interested in doing a Miata head, but has yet to do one (I'm too slow). He should be able to do a valve job no problem. If you have a good port he can digitize it and reproduce it, he's got those fancy 5 axis CNCs.

I'm not sure what his prices are either.

 

oooo those 5 axis machines are sooo cool.
man I wish I could go to my mill and machine out some pimp wheels out of a chunk of aluminum.

 

i admit i'd be hesitant to give it to a shop that's never done it before... would he do it for free plus reimburse the cost of the head if he fuxxed it up?

 

Valve job, yes probably as that's not anything head-specific. Port work, no.

I have a spare '94 head I was gonna let him play with but figured it'd be cheaper to find a 99+ head like you. How much was it?

 

I vote for Bob at Fairfax Auto Parts, he seemed very knowledgeable and does SCCA miata engine builds all the time.

 

i dont want to go giving away his low price, but it's much less than the price on their website. but not cheaper than lazzer's $150 heads from god knows where.

a reliable source for a 3-angle would be good.

 

Rebello in Antioch.

They do spec miatas, as well as Touring Car BMW's. Popstoy on miataforum, and Scott Maclean, got >160 whp NA. In Scott's case, this was with the stock '94 intake, and he plans to turbo.

They charged me $800 for my 6-cylinder M3 head, for a valve job + head work. Result is +30 cfm flow (+15%), which is good for +45hp on a 6-cyl.

I then sent my cams to Dema Elgin www.elgincams.com
He will take the flow numbers from Rebello and do a custom grind. $450.

Call Dema and chat with him about what profiles would work on a VVT head.

 

I was actually pondering doing something similar to what you did as far as DIY port jobs go. It's definitely not $800....

do you still have your collection of educational materials for DIY porting?

 

Matt, that shop I used said a valve job would start at $250 for labor.

 

I'm sending Tom @ Parts Group my car over the winter.... just to have the head done. should be just around..... oh, well... I won't say how much it will cost. lol
And he is a great guy to deal with. Has great prices, parts and service. Sometimes he spends an hour just to tell you which valves are better and why over the other ones.

 

2 99 heads. i wish i could get one worked. such is life.