well, three months and one day and my heads are back from the shop... they put a rush on them

Monday morning 6 am they will be at the builders shop... chip chip chip

 

They certainly are pretty!

 

Nice!..Very nice,..and clean too!

From this angle it looks like your machinest may have installed a couple of those valves a little crooked..lesson: never rush a machine-shop LoL!

I can relate to the chip,chip,chip..been so busy this year, I'm just now finding the time to do some old truck fixin.., I have been collecting bits and pieces over the summer.., just need to re-organize and remember where I left off..

I learned a new term this year..it's not multi-tasking anymore..it's the old mind multi-switching..

 

This year at speed week on the salt flats our team fire slotted one chamber on a set of Brodex heads. We found a shop just east of Salt Lake City that did the repair. He checked the metal hardness, cut out the soft metal - welded up the damaged chamber - re cc'd the chamber - shaved both heads 0.014" to get the warpage out' - located valves in North Carolina had them next day aired to Salt Lake - installed the new valves (cause we warped a few). Charged a fair price for the service and we only lost two days total! That included two 6 hour round trips to the shop (3 each way). There are shops out there who do good work in a timely fashion. It is frustrating to get on the hook with someone who is prone to over promise on workmanship and delivery. The problem with a good shop is they soon get really busy and time lags. # months is too long for any business unless you said take your time. Then all bets are off.

 

Excellent news John

...chip, chip, chip.....

 

Those are too pretty to use so I guess you are just going to admire them. They do look good.

 

Sweet! Nice looking looking heads. Did they port them too?