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Old Aug 12, 2007 | 03:46 PM
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What the title says. Blew a head gasket and figure I might as well send the beasts (heads) off for porting and assembly. Where are the best/cheapest places to send them? Thanks.
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Old Aug 12, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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Um what lead you to believe your headgasket is blown? Coolant overflow, white smoke, what? I have a hard time seeing the headgasket blew on an NA car...

To answer your question, try GT Motorsports in socal, but be prepared to wait a while and spend alot of money. But in the end you will be happy with their work.
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Old Aug 12, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by failsafe306
Um what lead you to believe your headgasket is blown? Coolant overflow, white smoke, what? I have a hard time seeing the headgasket blew on an NA car...
Overheating a motor will blow a head gasket very easily. It does happen and isn't that uncommon.
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Old Aug 12, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by camthman
What the title says. Blew a head gasket and figure I might as well send the beasts (heads) off for porting and assembly. Where are the best/cheapest places to send them? Thanks.
depends on what you want the heads to do,porting for cfm at high lift #s will hurt low,midrange for a higher peak hp #.
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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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Overheated and blew the headgasket. Thanks.
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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by camthman
Overheated and blew the headgasket. Thanks.
Been there done that. Were the heads warped as well?
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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 08:38 AM
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best and cheapiest shouldn't be used in the same sentence. Sorry to hear partner, GT Motorsports will fix you up.
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