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Jul 12, 2020 | 04:46 PM

kevinv10

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Cylinder head question

1994 7.5, E4OD, 4 WD. Short block is almost done. Crank was polished. Block bored .030 over. New bearings, timing, pistons, rings, comp cam, banks complete exhaust.
Wow, cylinder heads junky. Multiple broken exhaust studs. Machine shop says need 3 angle valve grind, stem seals (obviously), quoting around 750.
Question is should I re-man my original cylinder heads that came with the block? Or just buy new ones and measure for pushrod length?
Annnnnddddd go!

Jul 12, 2020 | 05:07 PM

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I'd let him do it, if he is putting it together, he will complain less about what they should have used, $800-900 at parts sotres

Jul 12, 2020 | 05:56 PM

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I'm rebuilding the motor. He is just doing heads that I will install. I dont have the machines to do the heads. One hand I want to keep original heads. Other hand don't know if new is better

Jul 12, 2020 | 06:18 PM

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they would be done on the cheap side for them, unless your talking Aluminum, but, anything you can do to clean up exhaust ports, will help it even more with those Banks Headers
Boport did a thread on these heads, see link, if you like reading
1996 F250 460 baseline dyno results and head porting-RESULTS ARE IN! - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums