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I went to the machine shop on Friday and had a chat with their head guy. We measured and discussed the build, and there are a number of ways that they can reduce cost based on the objectives. Some is reusing some of the existing parts in the valve train and other are just critical evaluation...

Maybe I need to find a Mexican willing to carry heads across the border!:icon_smile:

Not intentionally! The basic fact is he's the only game in town that does work I would trust. I've had work done by the other shops and it was not pretty. Guides that cracked when pressed into the head, guides not sized correctly so the valve seized, liners on a Jag 4.2 that didn't have enough...

I don't know the state of the valves. Generally when I rebuild an engine I replace them as a matter of course, so I wasn't surprised that they wanted to as well.

I'm in Canada and things do cost more here. It's also an oil town, so there is lots of money for guys to spend on toys. The breakdown was 10 hours of labour for surfacing the face, install new guides and hardened seats and assembly @$95/hr. I don't think the labour rate is out of line, if I go...

There is only one machine shop in town that does quality work, and the quote for doing the heads was $1640 plus tax. I've used them for doing a Jag straight 6 and they do outstanding work. Not cheap though. The total quote for doing the whole engine was $ 7320, so I'm going to help my buddy do...

I'm helping a buddy rebuild a 440, I'm good with engines and he's good with electrical. However, I'm completely new to Mopar stuff (Jaguars are my thing) so need some information. The car is a 1967 300, with a 440 TNT, about 100,000 miles on it. Supposedly rebuilt before coming off the road in...