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[philville (philville]

If it cost say....$ 30,000.00 to bore out and rebuild the heads on a 308, and , 
I can buy a 355 for a little less than that, hymmmm, what am I missing here 
........

There is fast and then there is faster

Phil
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Philip A Tegtmeier
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610.525.8949
philville [at] dejazzd.com

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---- Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote: 
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Michael James
> <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
> > Hmmm....that 'might' be about right - there is a lot of labor involved with
> > Head removal if the engine isn't already out of the car.  My 4V heads were
> > around $7,000 for all the valves and machine-shop work.  But that was AFTER
> > the engine was pulled, stripped, and heads removed.  The 4V heads can be a
> > royal nightmare if they don't want to come off - I got major-lucky, my rear
> > heads practically fell off the block while my front heads only needed mild
> > pursuasion with a rubber mallet.
> >
> > An engine punch-out, with custom heads, pistons, crank, and cylinders will
> > EASILY run north of $35,000.
> >
> > M
> >
> 
> Ok, a lot of money but not the end of the world either. It should obvious
> this isn't a starter Ferrari by any means!
> 
> Michael, would it be any better if we did this project on a 2 valve carbed
> car....save ya 8 valves worth of work?
> 
> :)
> 
> FG