another f*** up!!

tone loc · 06-20-2007, 05:17 AM

well anyway i took it to another more reliable maching place (carquest) they use a diamond cutter instead of a stone. he said they fucked up on a corner of the head so he had to machine a little farther down. another $60 down the drain.

so that machine shop really sucked a lot of dick then. i dont even know if they did a valve job and replaced the oil seals. ill post some pics of the head when i pic it up tommorow.

supramacist · 06-20-2007, 01:56 PM

$60.00 is a small price to pay for the repair. It's probably the best 60 bucks you could have spent thus far.

tone loc · 06-20-2007, 04:39 PM

your right it was the best $60 i spent i got a boner when i saw it. heres some pics. the last one is what it looked like before. the new head is 4.563".

supramacist · 06-20-2007, 04:44 PM

It looks good man. I guess you are just going to have to live with the gouges.

I would use an HKS beaded hg, If not the toyota oem replacement. I guess it depends on what you want to do with the car.

There' only 1 machinist here in town that does engines. He works out of the old napa bldg. The closest spped shop is an hour and a half away. But that's like a drive to eat out after having lived in california. So it wouldn't bother me to drive it and drop it off and go back to pick it up a few days later.

tone loc · 06-20-2007, 07:21 PM

next got to score some cash and do the block. deffintly going mhg

most likely going to be hks

supramacist · 06-20-2007, 08:10 PM

The HKS beaded is an MHG. Just fyi.

tone loc · 06-21-2007, 04:55 AM

found a new shop and there ganna do the block. surface the block change bearings and piston rings and put a new timming belt and tensioner on. and clean it. they mentioned something about polishing the crank shaft. will that have any performance boost at all and is it worth it?

06-20-2007, 04:39 PM	#3
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	your right it was the best $60 i spent i got a boner when i saw it. heres some pics. the last one is what it looked like before. the new head is 4.563". Attached Thumbnails

06-20-2007, 04:44 PM	#4
supramacist 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Escape from the Prison Planet Posts: 1,356	It looks good man. I guess you are just going to have to live with the gouges. I would use an HKS beaded hg, If not the toyota oem replacement. I guess it depends on what you want to do with the car. There' only 1 machinist here in town that does engines. He works out of the old napa bldg. The closest spped shop is an hour and a half away. But that's like a drive to eat out after having lived in california. So it wouldn't bother me to drive it and drop it off and go back to pick it up a few days later. Last edited by supramacist; 06-20-2007 at 04:47 PM.

06-20-2007, 05:17 AM	#1
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	well anyway i took it to another more reliable maching place (carquest) they use a diamond cutter instead of a stone. he said they fucked up on a corner of the head so he had to machine a little farther down. another $60 down the drain. so that machine shop really sucked a lot of dick then. i dont even know if they did a valve job and replaced the oil seals. ill post some pics of the head when i pic it up tommorow.

06-20-2007, 01:56 PM	#2
supramacist 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Escape from the Prison Planet Posts: 1,356	$60.00 is a small price to pay for the repair. It's probably the best 60 bucks you could have spent thus far.

06-20-2007, 07:21 PM	#5
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	next got to score some cash and do the block. deffintly going mhg most likely going to be hks

06-20-2007, 08:10 PM	#6
supramacist 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Escape from the Prison Planet Posts: 1,356	The HKS beaded is an MHG. Just fyi.

06-21-2007, 04:55 AM	#7
tone loc 20psi boost Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	found a new shop and there ganna do the block. surface the block change bearings and piston rings and put a new timming belt and tensioner on. and clean it. they mentioned something about polishing the crank shaft. will that have any performance boost at all and is it worth it?