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DANG, Been nice to have had it on for FF11. Will you be ready for FF?

 

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LOL. Good to know you. SUCKS that the bigger sc not in good health for the event. Oh, you search out E85 places from here to event?

 

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cool. i know other day at the house you was saying not sure where any was. i try to look. but not many posted around here

 

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i will be in eville tmrw. i can run to chandler if it helps or boonville if so,this way dusty can get it.

 

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ok, well i can come by ur place tonight or see you when i get to town wednesday. had things come up that is keeping me from making it by ur wrk today.

 

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WELL. I could bring the lake wood over. so the head & lake wood is two things to keep u busy the next 2 weeks at least.

 

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what does it take to do it for the focus? i was looking on google & found info for the escort.

http://forum.zx2ms.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=540

oh, also if you want to stay busy & still need help on a custom MTB rack for my car.. LMOA

 

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fiberglass work or carbon fiber work on them when finished

 

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understand. looks good so far. hope you find a head & get to keep rollen on the project. how is the rebuild on sc going? find all you need for it

 

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nice & it wrks. think advance has one for vw that would wrk u could have rent. i used it to do my head on the hayabusa

 

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Dropped the head off today to be decked. Told the guy I needed 0.090" taken off. He stopped and said, "Uh...thats a lot." I told him "Yeah I know." :lol:

tri-state cylinder heads or farmers?

 

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that was automotive wholesalers shop, then it was mike sr/jr & kenny bush. now i do not know the name. think scott shoulty owns it now. could b wrong. i did not think they was still open.

 

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thats cool. for a milling & a cleaning it was a 80.oo last yr. not sure now what they may be asking. he will also put a flywheel on his blanching machine. it puts a cross sanding pattern that helps a lot with grab. 20.oo. i get it done all the time..lol

 

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well prices are the same at least..lol. i was not thinking but 80 was for heads on my mustang. they cleaned them, milled & put new seals in

 

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I'm not a huge fan of automotive... they have done me wrong a few too many times... they hot-tanked a set of heads that I had just rebuilt without telling me... Killed my new viton valve seals...

They also half arsedly assembled a friends motor... He paid for a 383 bottom end... assembled and ready to go... all they did was bore it... stock crank... bearing clearences where all off as where ring gaps, etc... we found this all out when we pulled it apart after it failed ~2k miles in... and they wouldnt warranty squat.

I called them about decking the head on my supra... couldnt tell me the RA value that they can cut to on their surface grinder... (which is a must know when setting up a 7m with a metal headgasket..) the only thing they said was.. "well.. it gets pretty shiney"... yeah.. fail.

Farmers is the only local shop I would trust but they are a bit on the slow side... and ushually a few weeks out on anything..

anyways... keep it up
-Chris

was this when Bush owned it? that would been from 01 to 06. a lot of stuff came out wrong. as for farmers. i have a good frnd wrkn there. but they really fubared a set of heads once. went to mile & was cut so bad i could not drag a finger nail across them. they are getting better. they also ripped up off on a 306 & balance. that was n 98. heads as 04.

 

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now time to clean the ports or open them.. :thumbup:

 

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Finished porting and sanded her smooth. I know it doesn't look to smooth, but it is.

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And I got all the valves lapped. Now I just need to get new seals and I can start re-assembly.

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Great work. Hope as you finish head the parts show for the sc..arty:

 

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Looks good. moving right along. The other SC going on now? You bolting or studding the head to the block?

 

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WOW............AcIdBuRn02ZTS ur alive... LOL we have a G2G this weekend in Louisville... then SIF next weekend

 

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before u install you want to polish it? I mean the inside. I can see if i have my brushes & the ball i have used on my mustang ones. bring them with me today