Guys-

After 11 years, I'm pretty sure my LB9 could use new or rebuilt heads... I know rebuilding the stock heads would be cheapest... anyone care to guess how much that would cost?

I'm doing headers, a chip and lowering springs, so I can't spend alot on heads... If I do decide to upgrade, what brand would you recommend?

I know Vortec is awesome, but they're real expensive and you need to upgrade other stuff as well to run those, right?

Thanks

-ONE

 

TTT

 

Might look into World Torquer heads

If you spent a little time cleaning them up that is a good priceWorld castings

I'd like to hear some feed back from people who use or used in the past World's heads

 

Well i don't know what you would consider a rebuild of heads, but i'm cleaning up mine now.

So far all it's cost me is $16.95 for valve seals, and $26 for the spring compressor.

I'm not swapping anything else (valves or springs). But if your changing them, the rockers or the push rods i'm sure it would add up a bit. But probably nowhere near the cost of new heads.

The most it costs is time, cleaning and eventually porting take a while.

 

(Rough estimate) Valve job-$125, new springs-$25, new seals-$15, plus the going hourly labor rate. Porting and polishing-$250 to over $1000, will vary on what you want. You should be able to re-use your old locks and retainers if you don't go with a bigger cam.You can get a set of World S/R heads from www.competitionproducts.com shipped to your door ready to bolt on,for under $600. Hope that helps