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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (mr0072003 @ July 25 2002,10:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">What 25 bucks...holy smokes...Actually i did think if e-bay but i needed to get everything by tomorrow 7/26..then install that whole day..and pray everything is ready for Saturday morning so i can drive to Carson for the convention....And to add to my progress report..everything is out...and Hippo I will be replaceing the head... My Dad agrreed with you and said it would be safer to go that way, while we have everything out.. Here is a question to the mechinics of the forum....will it be safe to drive for a long distance (1hr 15min) right after my engine is runnning again...or is that not a safe thing to do and keep it cool for the first few hundred miles. Let me know</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
so now your replacing the heads huh, new or used, a new head here in Hawaii is $1400 for a bare head from the dealer. if your buying a used head be sure to have it checked by a machine shop, don't take the sellers "word for it" cause if it is warped you have to go through the process all over again. maybe you should just have your old head checked first to save you some money, nothing wrong with shaving a little off the heads.
i am in the process of doing my heads myself as we speak , it will be my 2nd head job in 4 months, right after my first head job my negligent mistake costed me a warped head, i forgot to reinstall my heater hose, so all the coolant leaked out and the rest is history. save if you have a spare head, build it on your spare time or money, i installed ferrera titanium spring and retainers, noticed no gains though, i would like to port and polish my heads if i had a spare head, though the shops here in hawaii take forever to do it. i dunno what gains to expect though i like to say i have a port and polished heads..hahaha.
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