shops that will rebuild cylinder heads? (Page 1 of 2)

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Try these guys in Toronto Nic.

Ok Nick nobody ever listen's to Me Whaaaaaaa !!
  Reason they qouted you 600 Buck's is cause they dont Line Bore Buddy !! LMAO
  A lott of this is due to what Gene Berge had to say about Line Boreing the V.W. motor ???
  But Realize that when Im talkin about Line boreing ?? Im refering to Ray Riffle << This Guy Line Bores V.W. Motor's !
  But understand He is retired from Boeing ! Also that He is used by all the Off Road Racers for many , many year's in as well that He has machined all kind's of part's for all kind's of thing's some of wich like are V.W motors to take air plane Prop's , as well as fastest Dragg Deisel Truck in the World as well as for Experimental Air craft out of Mojave Ca.
  Maybe you heard of the Plane that goe's Non stop around the World on your Science Channel ??
  As good as Gene was ???? Dont think Gene's Resume quite covers this extensive, amount of machine work and engineering !!
  Not to say that anyone cant buy a Boreing Bar and line Bore << relatively simple to do ! But does require a complete understanding of what you want and what will work best !
  Line Bore is only as good as the Guy runnin the boreing Bar ??
  Now on the Head's ??
  Cost prohibitive !! 120 buck's a peice for Mexican head's !! Preferd in the fact that there cheap and come with stainless steel valve's !!
  Think Ray send's them out like on High dollar Head's etc. to another shop ??? Not sure on this ! But know he send's thing's out to be welded etc. Like Heads that crack etc .
   Another problem with heads is in the fact they like to hammer !! Mean's cylinders jump up and down on Deck !
  Pounds the case Deck as well as the Cyl. to head Mattte surface ! This requires Fly Cutting the head where it mattes to the cylinder !!
  Only gonna get so many Cutts or be able to save Head's that havent pounded to hard ?? Before Valves are gonna be to close to the piston and get smacked !!
  Lotta work for 120 buck's ???
  But down and dirty !! THere are way's to do thing's !! Gotta understand what you want !!
  Example My Buddy has 12 Long Block's sittin in the dirt around His Back yard ! Rained in Dirt and cobb webbs etc.
  But the Head's look fresh on 7 of them ?????
  Be suprised how many people Spend Big buck's on new Engine part's assemble them wrong and Give up when they cant figure out why it runn's like crapp or like yesterday we started one of these motors up !!
  Sounds Good it's one that has sat for year's in His Shed << Not to much Dirt but I simply rann the Rack figured that the Dizzy drive had been installed 180 Deg. out
  Then Wired and Timed accordingly with a 009 Dizzy !! Started right up !!
  I turn um over by hand and feel them for compression then remove Pluggs Turn um over by hand to feel there Smooth and check end play !
  Of the 12 motor's that will need to be torn down completely Im certain I can get at least 4 down and dirty rebuild's that will runn out ?
3 If Im unlucky and 6 If Lady Luck Smile's apaun us ???
  Figure 20 buck's a set for ring's plus a gasket sett new Gland nut ??
Stock Motors !!
  I probably wont even bother to Mike them out ?? LMAO Unlike the canal type personality who spend's all there time lookin for perfection cause they have more money than common sense ????
   I will simply have Youngsters clean part's for me then give the Parts a Thumb inspection !!
  your fingers can feel 10,000 times smaller than your eye can see !! Such as a Bearing saddle that look's Hammerd !
  Often I will take Lil Scotch Brite scrubb padd and scrubb a bearing saddle clean then feel it with my Thumb !! You will be able to feel if there are irregularity's in the bearing Saddle !!
  Obviously if you can feel the saddle is hammerd from the bearing and crank ?? Then the Line bore is Shot !! Same with the thrust !
  But if you can just barely feel Lil irregularity << Most Likely it will runn out ! Clean and bolt case together and inspect bearing journal webb for Gapp's <<< Usually the center large Journal will have a Gapp between the Journal webbs where they Matte if the case is Badd !!
  Head's can be Tested !!!
  Pour gas in the Head port's and then observe that Valve !! Valve should remain dry for 20 or 30 second's !!
  Longer they remain Dry the better !!
  But if the Gas leak's through ?? Then obviously the Valve isnt sealing ?? That and a quick observation for Crack's raised up Guides etc. will tell you if the head's are worth runnin !
  Im actually runnin a 1600cc D.P. motor in My Baja that I went down and Dirty with !
  Goin on 3000 Miles still runn's like a top !! Usual is if a motor isnt right ?? Then its a general rule that it will manifest itself within 500 too a 1000 Miles !!
  After 1000 Miles if she dont rattle , miss , Knock or Piss ??? There gonna Runn out more than likely !!
   Yesterday Jethro told me He sett the deck Height on one motor with a Dime ??????? LMAO Gotta have a dimes worth of thickness between top of Cyl. and the Piston at Full travel lenght in the Cyl.
  I havent Miked a Dime to see ??? LMAO As of Yett !! But make's sense ???
  Hope you actually Read this and understand what Im tellin you !!
  At 35 Dollars worth of Parts ????
                                                  Sean

Nick---it's Orillia!!    Need I say more!!!

Dearest Patty !
Im in So Cal ??
Gene Berge is with out a doubt the Most famous of Old School Bugg Guy's !!
  Bernie Berghman be right up there with Him as Well As Ray Riffle , coupla others !
  If they Buy and Read Hot V.W.'s or V.W. trend's they can famalarize themselves with few of the Guy's we have Here Locally !!
  Like Joel Mohr << Who I forgott to mention ?? Or Small Car Connection who Has Folk's from Germany , England , Canada , France ,Italy etc. come over in group's to Browse there Bone yard and Buy Part's !!
  How ever ??? I have no Idea where Orillia is ?? Is it a Communist 3rd World Country ?? Maybe it's in Indonesia ??? I know Maybe it's in Andromeda as like right next store but still, way to far ??? LMAO
                                                                       Sean

Visual on head's !!
  Look Valve ends over , Look that there not chewed look at between plugg and valves no crack's , then look too see if the Fly cutt has been hammerd ?? Then Obviously look everything over !
  Too test ?? Simple >> Pour gas in the intake and exhaust port's see if it leak's past the valve's !! good 30 second's before the valve becomes wett !!
  If you have one that leak's << Try tappin it open and close few times to clear any debri that might be hung up between Valve and valve seat ! <<< In a safe direction !!
  If Valves are flush intoo the head <<< Has hammerd the seat' s if not ??
  You can replace valve's and hand lapp them in you would want the Lapping ring to be centerd in face of the valve ??
  To remove valve's you need to grind the keeper groove's down on the stemm <<< These are usually Mushroomed out due to badd valve geometry when it was assembled on the motor !!
  How bad is line bore ??? You only get 3 swipes then case is shott !!
Some time's if they hammerd the journal's case is shot anyhow !
Clean and bolt case together with big 6 nutt's look for a gapp between the Midddle large center webbb journal's !!
  If there's a gapp it's shott !!
                                 Sean

All you have to do is ask. We do know somethings about buses   

Yeah Jim Ray Riffle or Joel Mohr  will build you a T-4 Runnin a 180 too 220 horse's for around Start 0f 10 Large !
  That's on an Everyday runner !!
But there Heavy and change handlin characteristic's of the Car !
  Last one I seen Ray had in His shop was 220 Horses and was goin in a Myer Manx Barbie Buggy <<< Not real sure what the Hell they intend to do with it ???
   Sitt and Spinn ???
  Might be worth watchin just in anticipation of cold cash flying out of there Fatt Pocket's ??
  As to Sube's Guy that use to be are Butcher runn's a Sube in a Baja Bugg !
  But it's Jacked Sky High Trailing arm's , Spring plates , High dollar Shock's out the Kazzzoooo ! Just to handle the weight !
  In my opinion very cool But not a Street machine ! Get to High then there to wind resistant get blown around by the wind !!
  2 Song's in that statement ?? Heh , Heh , Heh Im so Blankin Clever ?????? Naught !!!!!
   But Yeah we had a Company one of the Kidds Buddies was workin at Buildin Dune Car's !! Usin the LS1 Roo Motor's and the North Star Caddy motor .
  My Neighhbour across the street runnin one has one with a Ford Tauras <<< Beleive it's the Vortec Tauras << Think that's right been awhile since I looked at a Tauras but Turbo Charged Tauras motor ?? Vulcan <<< not Vortec  I get um confused ??
  Spock Motor in a Dune Car !
  But in my opinion ?? As to Dune Car's wich I just finished Dad's <<< 2 seater High Jumper frame Rail Shaw coil overs with what I beleive is a 4; 37 Close ratio 3 and 4 th Mid Engine runnin a 1776cc Motor puttin out 100 horses !
  Im OLd ??
  But Law's of Physic's havent changed ! What Goe's up ^ Must come Down !!!
  North Star Dune Car is a LOtt of Weight ??? But they come with state of the art Suspension ??
  Yeah But a Motor Cycle is still a Better Jumper ????
  I bounced Ford Maverick End for End 8- 9 time's across the Dunes in Palm Spring's when I was a Kidd !!
  Dammn Near Killed Myself !! Im just not that Much on takin a Beating, anymore ??
  Figure it out the High Jumper with a T-1 runnin a 100 horses weigh's around 850 LBS << Approx what a Kawaii 1000 Runn's ?
  Think last Bike 1000cc I looked at was runnin around 100 Horses ???
  Only thing that Make's this Dunner anywhere near viably Safe ???? Is the Dune's !!!
   Dad Ripped Her Down the Street with sett of street Tire's on Her ???? Squirlly as Hell ???
  What Im doin today << Fine Tuneing and Pullin out the Car Hauler Trailer ???? Gettin Ready for a Week end of Duneing !
  Goin out To Baker Calif. <<< Grew up 35 Miles south of Baker in the Devil's Play Ground Dune's << wich is now Closed to Off Road !
  But at Baker we Go west torward's Death Valley intoo More Dune's that are Open to Dunner's !
  Yupp Devil's Playground !! I know it's really hard being Larger than Real Life ???? LMAO
  All the Lil creep's In HollyWeird Makin Cannibal Movies about Us ???
  Did you See the Movie >> Phone Boooth ??? It's a Real Place !! My Pop's Hit a Cow in His Car 1/2 Mile from the Phone Booth when I was a Kidd we Walked down to the Phone Booth called for Help !! LMAO
  All Braggin Aside Im told Me and My Sister made the History Book's cause we went to Kelso School ???
  Louis Lamour wrote Dime Back Novel's about where I grew up ??
  No Light's , No Car's , Not a single Luxury ! Like Robinson Crusoe , Primitive as can Be ??? LMAO
                                                              Sean