I talked to my head porter and he said if I use the ferra 2.02 / 1.60 valves that I'd have to have new valve seats. First off, is this true.......second, what is a reasonable price for them. he quoted me $100 for the seats.....$100 to install. Does this reasonable.......or is he trying to make more money off of me?

 

Yes - you need seats to go that big.

I would charge about $5-7 per seat and $150 to install. - Edited, forgot you need all 16.

 

I guess I'll give him the go ahead then. He ports heads here local and has some cars in the 6.30's (1/8 mile, N2O). His heads flow in the 270-280's range. He did a set of heads, valves, and ported a intake for $1025 so I'm pretty happy. EVERYONE here local says good things about him..............we'll see.

 

next option is to use the 2.00/1.56 valves that are designed for the LT1 heads and stock seats.

The $200 is about right for the larger seats installed. These are needed when going 2.02/1.60's.

Using the 2.00/1.56 valves will save you $200 (since no seats are neaded) and there is a very small difference in the power of a 2.00/1.56 versus a 2.02/1.60.

You might hit the porter up on this.

 

THANK YOU! I was hoping you would chime in.