Hell ive been looking trying to decide if i want to spend the money to get one and graduation was sort of kind to me and i have a few bucks layin around so i thought i would maybe pick up a P&P head, but i found these 2 on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33617


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33617


Now the first one is cheaper, but how do i know there was a port and polish job done to it? is there any questions i can ask the sellers? i really need help since im REALLY new to this building the motor. Oh and i have tried to read on this stuff but there is not much on how to tell if a head is really p&p'ed so help a guy out!

Thanks guys/gals
-Kevin

 

dont be cheap your just throwing your $ away, why not pay someone repulatble to port it, and i hear dh racing has a pretty bad rap. why not go in the drag race or fab forum and ask this ?. there are a few head porters in there

 

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Becuase i cant really go a long period of time without a car maybe a sat. thats about it so i was buying one already done so that way i can just swap it on in an afternoon.

Anyone elts?

 

oh and i also asking him a question about the p&p and he said this..

"there is about 5000 miles on the head since i had it machined . i dont have a reciept on it because i swaped out some work for it sorry but it is profesionally done .the ports were expanded to the gasket size and the roof of the ports were raised to flow directly in to the valves . it has a sweet sounding rev and its has wicked tourque on the highway. thanks for the question let me know if u have any more--- honda mafia crx."

 

doesnt mean anything. there wasa guy who ported his own head and he even tested it on a flow bench and it flowed less than a stock head with a 3 angle valve job.
also there have been alot of talk on the importance of valve jobs and air flow. if you cant wait then buy a stock head cause most likely the economy head you buy is trash,

 

I have a stock y8 head on my y8 block but im putting a new cam in and i thought a p&p head would compliment this. I have read something that then can actually hurt performance but how i dont understand...Can someone elts that knows about this stuff help me out also

 

up?

 

If you don't want so much downtime, why not buy a head (not ported) and send it to your choice of shops. Then swap your head with the newly ported part. One weekend or a day with some help and you're set.

 

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I really dont have all the money for that, i really just wanted to know if that one the guy was selling is any good? can someone just please help me out with that?
Thanks
-Kevin