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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Performance => Topic started by: Houston Terrell on April 21, 2003, 02:48:00 AM

Title: To port or not to port
Post by: Houston Terrell on April 21, 2003, 02:48:00 AM

Should i port my stock heads.. or well a set of stock heads.. gonna buy other ones because the other owner of my truck striped out a bolt that holds the valve  covers to the heads so i am going to buy some at a junk yard and wondering if i should port it or what i should do... keep in mind i dont have much money heh

Title: .
Post by: bored and stroked on April 21, 2003, 02:13:00 PM

a good port job will cost as much as a new set of higher flowing heads. $500 for a port job, or $750 for a set of brand new higher flowing heads, performance intake, and all realted stuff [vortec head combo from scroogin-dickey]

Title: Nah We do heads at my friends shop.. so it wont cost me any
Post by: Houston Terrell on April 21, 2003, 10:21:00 PM

What should i do?

Title: valve covers
Post by: ChevyGuy on April 22, 2003, 09:38:00 AM

Tap the hole and rethread it. Or use the helicoil system they sell at auto parts store.  

Title: Re: valve covers
Post by: RSBAD454 on April 24, 2003, 10:49:00 AM

you can get the bolt out...........save your money. port job wont do @#%$ on a stock motor.

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