My new 086 head "looks" nice BUT their are some cuts in between the valves....I showed it to my machine shop guy and he says it looks decent not to worry as long as their are not any welds. Now I regret getting this head from headsonly.com.
My machine shop guy told me he can get me a NEW casting head. Now im just worried since I heard some bad things out of Clear water who sells new heads on ebay. Are there some issues with the 086 heads from them?...Clear water...does that sound familier?.....
Im not saying his source would come from them but are their diff. 086 heads that can cause issues with this swap?....dam im pissed!
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Heres a ugly pic with my cell phone....only source I have right now...sorry....but you can see it better when its small rather than posted large....well those cuts and gashes are on all in- between the valves.
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put it on if it pops then you got a @!#$ty head if not then go with the flow lol.
I had bad luck with clearwater...
Did I mention I drive a 2000 Lumina now?-----wigm-tuners.org member
is clearwater located in Florida ?
My Cav
I give up...
i'm buying a VW those people love trees, so they should love eachother too... "Andy"
as long as there arent any CRACKS between the valves you should be ok.
And I should've been drown in the rivers I've found in token lost...
what issues did you have with clearwater? Did you recieve a new head from them or a used head?
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I bought some chevy 4.3 heads from clearwater, they looked brand new and have been on the truck since may.
just go have it leak checked. Pressure tested.
I got my 086 head from clearwater. First of all the exhaust ports were really really small compaired to a normal 086, this was supposedly to compensate for the head cracking in stock form. Also the valve job was poorly done. I took it to my machinist and $800 later it was good to go with a new valve job, ports hogged to the max, bowl work, and gasket matched to the 2.4 gasket. My best advice.....avoid clearwater at all costs.
well my machine shop guy said he can get me a new 086 head from a place in Florida or Alabama. He said they come without the valves and other parts....just the bare head is included. I told him to get it from Alabama instead of Florida since thats the "clearwater" florida.
He also can get me some SS valves for 10 bucks a piece from a new company dedicating parts to small 4 cylinders.
Im worried about the small exhaust valves too!
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