ae95- wagon kid Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 What places do you guys go to for cylinder head porting in adelaide good places bad places any good reviews??? Thanks Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 TW Engineering in St Agnes API engines in Lonsdale. Used them both, both good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae95- wagon kid Posted October 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 how much should it cost for just a basic job Bullet cylinder heads wants 1200 bucks and 500-600 for "general machining" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJM85 Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 (edited) The guy near me quoted $106p/hr at about 2 1/2 to 4 hrs depending on how far you want to go. I went down to trade tools and bought a die grinder with alloy bit. Cost me $85. I then looked through this PDF (How to build a TRD spec Upright motor!) and worked on the specified area's. My first job was ruff but it'lll cut the mustard... Edited October 20, 2010 by GJM85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatdude Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 I used Adelaide cylinder heads they are on port road in Beverly. They do all of our head work at work. They seem to do a good job. I haven't tested my head yet as I'm still building the engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae95- wagon kid Posted October 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 how much did it end up costing you i have a few spare heads lying around might borrow a dremell and get grinding what bits do u use???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono1986 Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Not to give Adelaide cylinder heads any bad rep, but I got my head 'rebuilt' there and I the valve guides and the other little thingo's need to be redone, or more probable is that they have to be done for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot35 Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Sorry dude, but can you rephrase that post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono1986 Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Me? Ok...so I got my head down at Adelaide Cylinder Head, they did a full rebuild and also welded it up and made it "like new" again (cause the heads corrode a fair bit in the water jackets). I installed it on the car and every start up I get a puff of smoke, it's even worse now as it does it as it idles at traffic lights. I was happy with the price that I paid for it, just not that happy that I have to pull the head off again to the the valve stem seals. The original question was about head porting but every little bit of advice helps, everyone that I spoke to said to got to API in Lonsdale and I wish I did now. Is that clearer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatdude Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Not to give Adelaide cylinder heads any bad rep, but I got my head 'rebuilt' there and I the valve guides and the other little thingo's need to be redone, or more probable is that they have to be done for the first time. 5 or 6 years ago they did my head on my big torana. They did a massive amount of work on it and i never had any problems with the heads and i was running a blower on the engine too. My work has send alot of our heads there and there has never been any issues. Maybe yours was a one off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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