Any Suggestions On The Best Place To Get Your Head Ported In Adelaide

[ae95- wagon kid]

What places do you guys go to for cylinder head porting in adelaide

 

good places

 

bad places

 

any good reviews???

 

 

Thanks Harry

[philbey]

TW Engineering in St Agnes

 

API engines in Lonsdale.

 

Used them both, both good.

[ae95- wagon kid]

how much should it cost for just a basic job

 

Bullet cylinder heads wants 1200 bucks and 500-600 for "general machining"

[GJM85]

The guy near me quoted $106p/hr at about 2 1/2 to 4 hrs depending on how far you want to go. I went down to trade tools and bought a die grinder with alloy bit. Cost me $85. I then looked through this PDF (How to build a TRD spec Upright motor!) and worked on the specified area's. My first job was ruff but it'lll cut the mustard...

Edited October 20, 2010 by GJM85

[thatdude]

I used Adelaide cylinder heads they are on port road in Beverly. They do all of our head work at work. They seem to do a good job. I haven't tested my head yet as I'm still building the engine

[ae95- wagon kid]

how much did it end up costing you

 

i have a few spare heads lying around might borrow a dremell and get grinding

 

what bits do u use????

[jono1986]

Not to give Adelaide cylinder heads any bad rep, but I got my head 'rebuilt' there and I the valve guides and the other little thingo's need to be redone, or more probable is that they have to be done for the first time.

[snot35]

Sorry dude, but can you rephrase that post?

[jono1986]

Me?

 

Ok...so I got my head down at Adelaide Cylinder Head, they did a full rebuild and also welded it up and made it "like new" again (cause the heads corrode a fair bit in the water jackets). I installed it on the car and every start up I get a puff of smoke, it's even worse now as it does it as it idles at traffic lights. I was happy with the price that I paid for it, just not that happy that I have to pull the head off again to the the valve stem seals. The original question was about head porting but every little bit of advice helps, everyone that I spoke to said to got to API in Lonsdale and I wish I did now.

 

Is that clearer?

[thatdude]

Not to give Adelaide cylinder heads any bad rep, but I got my head 'rebuilt' there and I the valve guides and the other little thingo's need to be redone, or more probable is that they have to be done for the first time.

 

 

5 or 6 years ago they did my head on my big torana. They did a massive amount of work on it and i never had any problems with the heads and i was running a blower on the engine too. My work has send alot of our heads there and there has never been any issues. Maybe yours was a one off.