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http://www.aera.org/Members/EngineTech/edge1197/HeadMaster.htm
I just thought that maybe some of you 360/390 lovers would like to read this. Don't know if it's worth the time to read or not, but I found it very interesting nonetheless.
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WrenchBuilder
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I just thought that maybe some of you 360/390 lovers would like to read this. Don't know if it's worth the time to read or not, but I found it very interesting nonetheless.
NOTE: Don't know if the link will be highlighted or not...may have to copy and paste.
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Wrench, I don't know who is the author on that article, but I wouldn't hire him to do my heads. I don't think the FE head is any more difficult to do than any other V8 head. We do them at the shop where I'm working on a regular basis. Most are not in nearly as bad of shape as he is describing, and we put new guides in all of our heads anyways......If you want a difficult head to rebuild, some of the small overhead cam engines are the hardest for me. VW narrow 6s are the worst. DF
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My engine guy had the same complaints as this story. Actually, his biggest one was that parts were more expensive than newer heads. I told him I didn't care, just do them right. He's a friend of mine so he cut me deal on his labor anyway.
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>>"Most 360/390 heads have small cracks starting from the spark plug hole into the intake seat."
Of the 6 pairs of FE heads that my dad and I have taken in to be re-built at a reputable machine shop in the Seattle area, only one head had a small crack, but it was at one of the water jacket ports, not anywhere near the spark plug.
>>"First of all, when this head comes into your shop, the customer should be told about all the potential problems related to this particular head."
Sounds like the words of a true Chevy-Lover to me. Try and make the customer feel like $#!% for buying anything that is not GM.
>>"I found that almost all 360/390 castings need complete guide replacement along with seats."
Oh crap, there goes my potential career in hand-lapping pre-unleaded engines!
Does anyone have any crackers for this dude's whine???:-X11
Of the 6 pairs of FE heads that my dad and I have taken in to be re-built at a reputable machine shop in the Seattle area, only one head had a small crack, but it was at one of the water jacket ports, not anywhere near the spark plug.
>>"First of all, when this head comes into your shop, the customer should be told about all the potential problems related to this particular head."
Sounds like the words of a true Chevy-Lover to me. Try and make the customer feel like $#!% for buying anything that is not GM.
>>"I found that almost all 360/390 castings need complete guide replacement along with seats."
Oh crap, there goes my potential career in hand-lapping pre-unleaded engines!
Does anyone have any crackers for this dude's whine???:-X11
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