Thinking of doing a budget valve job.

Anyone swap bigger valves out of a big block or another motor?

Is it possible to change the height

 

whats the budget ????

 

Cheap lol. Not exactly sure yet. A couple hundred, nothing more

 

u cheap u cheap

 

Correction. I very cheap. Very cheap.

Haha im newly married with a not great paying job. Trying to keep up with the cheby boys around here... Not the easiest :-P

But thanks to the info and guys on this site im holding my own.

 

Currently running

Smogger 350 3a heads ( picking up some heads off a 330 this weekend)
4.11 gears
275/60r15 tires
performer intake(came with the car)
1000 more than stock converter ( will be either a 2200 or 3000 when i get some cash)
Headers
And a stock cam till xmas
with a 750 dp demon
Possibly a 125 shot of juice ( came with a mustang i bought this summer

 

I paid $143 for a complete set of 2.000"/1.625" W31 size valves (Si Portflows) for my 350. Got them from 'thevalveguy' on eBay.

 

How much should i be looking at machine work?

 

Well it sure won't be $57. LOL.

 

IIRC, I was quoted $250 by BTR Performance to put the bigger valves in. There is more to it than that though... guides, springs, extra machining, etc.

The heads are the one thing I am definitely NOT cheaping out on, even if it takes months to save up $$ for it.

 

Here are some labor related prices I found from an older invoice (not mine).

Serdi performance valve job $250.00
Machine for .500 solid bronze guides and hone $170.00
Assemble/set spring hts/cut spring seats $70.00
Mill deck minimum and exhaust surface minimum $150.00

 

My competition valve job on my current heads ran 1000 but that's everything new and some bowl work. My old heads just a simple clean up and re use my olds valves with new guides etc cost 380 at rocket racing I ran 13.86 with my old combo bone stock heads and bottom end just a towing cam, edelbrock intake headers and some tunning did great