How much did you guys spend getting a valve job done. I took my to this machine shop here in town and the guys there told me it would be 60 and hour and it would take 6-8 hours so 360 to 480. Is it just me or is that way to much. Also these guys were asshole muscle car elitests ( if you live in colorado springs don't go to the place on colorado behind carquest.).
Whats reasonable for this kind of work? Is it even worth it for our cars?
I know I just had my head machined cause of the blown headgasket, so that alone was $350, maybe a little too much but then again I can't do the work. And this was without new valves or complete valve polish, which was another $100 in labor. So I don't really know if this helps or is a good market price.
I would be inclined to go through them, more than your local shop.
I have heard that our heads respond well to porting, even though they flow well in stock form. to get the most out of a porting, you would want to upgrade the sorry stock cams. IMO.
#59567, "RE: Valve job." In response to Reply # 4 Sep-18-03 08:34 AM by musicmaniac1
i had to get all my valve guides and they charged like 300 w/parts and blackdog motorsports is the shit mainly because i can see them from my dormroom window, almost lol
I'f your up for shipping it out I would try looking at Koffel's Place 2. A few years back they did a hell of a good job with a neon head that had to deal with scca "stock" class rules for a 24Hr race. just do a surch for B1 heads or Koffel's place to get contact info.
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So I don't really know if this helps or is a good market price. 
