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Subject:Re: Rebuilt Heads or New Heads?
From:Gary Shea
Date:Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:42:58 -0600

On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Curtis Gatlin wrote:
> Which should I buy?  Should I buy new German heads or rebuilt after market?
> Who sells new german heads for under $400 bucks a pop.
>
> Curtis

What kind of engine do you have?  If an air-cooled, then
in my opinion you should buy rebuilt heads that have had the
valve-seat dropping problem eliminated, meaning Mark Stephens
in California.  I dunno if anyone else does that.  I sent
my heads to Mark Stephens... it cost a small fortune (maybe
$450 total for both heads?) but I don't worry about dropping
a valve seat at some random juncture.

If it's a waterboxer, then I'm clueless.

        Gary

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