Rusty head is better than no head at all!
01-15-2008, 02:35 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Edmonton Ab, Canada
Posts: 1,202
Total Cats: 21
Rusty head is better than no head at all!
Well I just bought one of FM's DOTD 99 heads with some supposed porting and a 94 intake manifold that all ported out.
I figure its a decent deal @645 plus 50bux to get them each cleaned.
What do u guys think? I wont be using it til next year anyway so I'll have some time to build it up to take atleast 8500 redline. Hmmm power.
I figure its a decent deal @645 plus 50bux to get them each cleaned.
What do u guys think? I wont be using it til next year anyway so I'll have some time to build it up to take atleast 8500 redline. Hmmm power.
Reply
0
0
01-15-2008, 02:50 PM
#4
Supporting Vendor
iTrader: (33)
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: atlanta-ish
Posts: 12,659
Total Cats: 134
dude I so would have passed on that. sounds like a nightmare, and the cams are surprisingly tough to source (I've been trying for MONTHS). $645 + ship is just too damn much.
Plus dealing with FM on their used stuff, I've been burned twice out of two transactions.
Plus dealing with FM on their used stuff, I've been burned twice out of two transactions.
Reply
0
0
01-15-2008, 04:45 PM
#5
Senior Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Edmonton Ab, Canada
Posts: 1,202
Total Cats: 21
Well I'm going to go with aftermarket cams most likely rather than trying to find oem.
I've had nothing but good transctions with FM and thats a few buys now which means alot of money hahaha.
I couldnt find anything else for the same price that I wanted to risk buying, because buying sight unseen sucks and so does trusting someone to ship it up here and not **** up, that happened to my 99 axles, went to Fm and got them asap for cheaper..
We'll have to wait and see what happens I guess, hopefully its worth it.
Last edited by dc2696; 01-15-2008 at 09:33 PM.
Reply
0
0
01-15-2008, 08:30 PM
#7
Boost Czar
iTrader: (62)
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Chantilly, VA
Posts: 79,490
Total Cats: 4,079
fwiw
I was certainly here. Every time a machine shop has used aluminum oxide to bead-blast heads, we've seen the bottom end fail almost immediately. Like within 200 miles. And if they don't, we don't see them fail. Period. It's a pretty obvious correlation to me. In one case, we installed the head on a bone stock bottom end with under 1000 miles on it. I drove that car to California and back and it consumed 3 gallons of oil on the return trip.
We replaced approximately 15 engines on our own dime due to this because the machine shop denied responsibility and refused to believe that this could happen.
I was certainly here. Every time a machine shop has used aluminum oxide to bead-blast heads, we've seen the bottom end fail almost immediately. Like within 200 miles. And if they don't, we don't see them fail. Period. It's a pretty obvious correlation to me. In one case, we installed the head on a bone stock bottom end with under 1000 miles on it. I drove that car to California and back and it consumed 3 gallons of oil on the return trip.
We replaced approximately 15 engines on our own dime due to this because the machine shop denied responsibility and refused to believe that this could happen.
Reply
0
0
01-15-2008, 09:51 PM
#10
So does anybody have advice for cleaning up an aluminum oxide contaminated head? I might have gotten a little excited and purchased one as well. FM directed me to Michael Brayton Racing in Fullerton, CA for ultrasonic cleaning. He apparently has had good results in fixing these types of problems.
Last edited by MazDilla; 01-16-2008 at 12:40 AM. Reason: kant spel
Reply
0
0
01-20-2008, 12:17 AM
#14
Lost my head
They did apologize for the mix-up and offered me the head for the same price as the upgraded springs that were in it, but I had to pass. A worked '94 head probably flows the same as or slightly more than the stock '99 head I'm running now. Totally not worth aluminum oxide risk.
Reply
0
0
01-20-2008, 12:21 AM
#15
Well, Keith sent me an e-mail to let me know that the head I bought on DotD was not a 99-00 head. It turned out to be a '94 head. Thank goodness somebody noticed before it shipped out. I was having them ship it straight to the cleaner.
They did apologize for the mix-up and offered me the head for the same price as the upgraded springs that were in it, but I had to pass. A worked '94 head probably flows the same as or slightly more than the stock '99 head I'm running now. Totally not worth aluminum oxide risk.
They did apologize for the mix-up and offered me the head for the same price as the upgraded springs that were in it, but I had to pass. A worked '94 head probably flows the same as or slightly more than the stock '99 head I'm running now. Totally not worth aluminum oxide risk.
Reply
0
0
