Rebuild or Replace Cylinder Head Options

[6G96GT]

So my head is getting to that point where something is needing to be done. I am thinking about rebuilding it and then porting and polishing the combustion chamber and possibly milling the head for some light compression gains. Here's the question...What's more expensive, having the head rebuilt at a shop or buying a rebuilt head on ebay or somewhere else and then having a shop simply switch the heads? Thanks

[hurley97]

Just to check them is easy. To adjust them it isn't really that hard, it's just really time consuming and really annoying. As long as you aren't putting in different cams and don't mix up the shims and buckets you should be fine, I would avoid having to adjust the valve clearance at all costs if possible.

Oh and one more thing, never throw away or mix and match the cam caps. The cam caps that go with that head need to stay with that head, I learned that the hard way and had to get another head instead of just using the spare one I had just because I threw out the caps for the spare one assuming I could use the ones I had already.

This post has been edited by hurley97: Dec 16, 2008 - 5:54 PM