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Old 04-23-2024, 11:40 PM   #1
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$7k just in labor on a stocker head that can't " LEGALLY " be ported...SMH
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Old 04-23-2024, 11:56 PM   #2
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Like most forms of racing, we are pricing ourselves out of business.
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Old 04-24-2024, 12:23 PM   #4
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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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Old 04-24-2024, 02:39 PM   #5
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Question Re: current cost of having good stocker head work?

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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 ??
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Old 04-24-2024, 02:53 PM   #6
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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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Old 04-24-2024, 03:12 PM   #7
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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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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!
It’s ok Bill to say his name Allen “I’m a piece of ****” Sherman. The most useless person walking the planet. Ed
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