any input on a good place to get heads in alabama? or maybe online?

 

If you can't find anyone reliable locally for reman'd heads maybe head to eBay Motors? There tends to be many many vendors of most anything there and you'd have the comfort of checking their feedback for a reputation.

I would have thought there'd be many shops near you who'll refresh your current heads--just make sure they're well versed in the Ford Mod motors.

 

That's one of the biggest reasons I use eBay for a lot of stuff. I can check their feedback. Kinda like the BBB but right there for everyone to see upfront

 

Here is one I know a few guys have bought heads from on Ebay.

Clearwater Cylinder Head Inc items - Get great deals on GM, MERCURY items on eBay Stores!

 

thanks. AL cyl head is a lil over 400 each and auto zone is around 580 each. gonna check ebay. i did notice last time i looked that some were listing 99 heads as PI heads but wasnt it late 2000 before the PI head came out? PI is what im going with so Ive got to find an upper and lower intake too

 

Model year 2000 all are PI heads and all 1999 are non PI heads.

 

A bit late maybe but why looking for new heads----are yours trashed or not rebuildable?

 

mine are trash. mechanic drilled into the water ports. otherwise i wouldnt be changing

 

Ahh how quickly I've forgotten your other post about damaged heads Scott-----hope that worked out in your favor!

 

right now its all coming out of my pockets. Ive got to get it done. been without my truck for a month

 

I used Clearwater (2 years, 15K miles ago) and they were fine. Not spectacular, but quite adequate. Good value. I had to redo a couple exhaust heli-coils and clean up a ding on the corner of one head. They had done a nice job on the spark plug inserts.

I was able to exchange my non-PI heads for PI heads from them at no extra cost. It was pretty easy to find PI intake.

You will really, really like the difference.... A little silver lining to this painful experience.

 

im hoping the upgrade will be good. mike already has my X3 on the way and I hoping to get everything rounded up or at least ordered by this weekend. I might try to do it myself just to keep out of pocket cost down a bit , but not sure yet. i guess new gears will have to wait a while. that was the plan before all this happened

 

Scott is there any word from the mechanic shop about all this? Any offers to pay for the replacements or anything else?

Sure hate to see you footing the entire bill for a problem not caused by you.

 

havent heard anything from them yet. 1 est. i got was $2200.00 just for the labor and gaskets. that didnt include heads!

 

the X3 came in from mike today so Im covered there. the guy doesnt waste time and has been helpful everytime Ive talked to him. bought a pi intake off ebay. any1 wanna help me with a gasket list? best place to buy?