Well,
We just did a set for a customer and took some pic's as we where going through the process. Hope you guys enjoy

Carter, deep in his grinding mode.



After hours and hours of grinding..the final shape takes place!



The chambers on these, where not touched due to the GIANT cam the customer is using..we didn't want to loose any compression and can't mill.



Ahh finished with the crude grinding.



All done!





On the bench for the last time



Mmmmmm new parts!



Ready for assembly



Carter checks the valve clearance, for the final time.

 

Measuring the final installed height..no shims needed here!



All ready for their new home (99' C5)



Shrink wrapped and ready for shipment

 

looking forward to getting them on the car!

 

so what did they flow? and what did they cost?


curious....you mention a guy named carter....any chance its carter edwards??

 

These where $1,800.00 and included a brand new set of GM 243 Castings. We generally see more CFM than these..but with the inability to un shroud the valves and rework the chamber..they are about 10cfm low at peak. (generally we will see around 320-325 @.650)

Yes that is Carter Edwards doing the port work on these heads. He is amazing with a grinder!

 

heads are here. they should be on the car in the next couple of days.

 

Very cool,
When are you going to meet up with jeremy?

 

im not sure. i will call him when its all back together. ill make sure you get the dyno numbers.

 

ha...carter did my cam install 3 yrs ago.

i'm sure he'd remember too....i'm the one that had a hose clamp in the combustion chamber.

 

Jeff!
Haha, David just told me about this post. That was the coolest thing I have ever seen taking off a cylinder head lol. How is the car coming along?

Carter

 

not much has changed. things got very expensive around my town after the 2 hurricane years. rent went up $400 a month.

not to mention there were some other issues to work out.

swapped in a good clutch...then pulled it all out again a year later for a busted slave (which was new with the clutch).

bought some used ZR1s...315s out back to hook the beast up.

rear end girdle to keep the 10bolt together for a while

biggest power change has been the 3" true duals that i fabricated in my driveway.

saving up for the next line of mods. thinking of going with a ported FAST 92/92 for the time being. even though i KNOW i need heads. the intake i can do on my own in my apartment parking lot.

heads are not only $$$...but so are the small things that go with them...gaskets, bolts, injectors, possibly new pushrods etc....on top of the fact that it would not be an easy thing to do in the driveway.

might look into you guys when i decide to get heads.



what do you charge for mild port work and milling? i have a good set of BARE 241 heads sitting here. mild port/polish, mill for 11:1 compression, new valves and hardware?

any quotes?

 

not true. i had the heads off the car in 1 hour and 59 minutes. its my first time working on an lsx engine and there was at least 20 minutes of phone interuption.

 

car is back together and running. tuning will be done in the next few days.

 

Damn Scott,
You work fast!

 

tuning tomorrow after lunch.
just have to swap the bigger injectors in and get her dialed in.
thanks for getting the heads to me in a timely fasion! you sent them out monday and they were in my house when i walked in from the gym at 10 am tuesday. i would have had them on sooner but i had to wait for the new lifters.