Engine "Flutter" under load???

[Mr Whippy]

So did your old hed have hardenedvalve seats like stated in the 1st post?

Just wondering how you ended up with valve seat  recession if you had hardened seats

[Rothu]

I took the old and new head to a head reconditioner to find out.
Unfortunately for my mate who owned the van before me, he had been misled. the old head (202) did NOT have hardened valve seats while the new one (173) does.

[ben]

well you really scored then didnt ya!!

did you get a quote on how much it would cost for a reco head done with hardened valves?

ill probably have to get my v8 heads done eventually.

ben

[ben]

ok just got a couple of quotes.

$700 was cheapest for fully replaces valves, seats, strings everything for v8 heads.

not too bad.

ben

[Mr Whippy]

wonder what it costs for a 6