Aftermarket 6.5 Diesel Heads, non china, source?
Going through my stash of cylinder heads but it's starting to look a little grim trying to find something my very picky machinist (but I like that actually) will work with.
So, I wanted to see about some Aftermarket castings that were NOT made in china. I had read somewhere that some were being made in Canada, but that might of just been an aftermarket block.
Please don't post about Clearwater, Alabama Cylinder Heads, or other that just sells the chinese stuff. Yes, Robyn, don't need no cheer leading for Clearwater in this thread.
Anyone know?
On the verge of also just ponying up and getting the AMG ones. I just hate to because the engine I'm trying to put together isn't a new (or bored and built) it's just a "Freshen up" and get the darn truck out the driveway deal. Gotta get the K3500 CC Dually running, need something that can haul the heavy things.
I've also considered the numerious companies out there that reman these heads in masses. I've contacted a few, but I didn't like the results as they all didn't perform the correct machine work on the heads. No use in buying a set of reman heads only to have to take them down to my local speed shop and have them made right (they also grumble about stuff like that too, fixing others' crap).
Thanks!
Save 200 dollars to spend another 1000 dollars
Hi all,
Yep. I bit on the "cast in Canada" line and hasve paid dearly. I compared $$ figures on rebuilding using a Canada blocak and heads. The Canada block went back immediately becuase the tooling for the oil spray ports had contacted the bottom of two cylinders. Also there must have been two ounces of machining vludge in the bottom. The crate was marked Canada but leary of the block. The cylinder looked okay fom 5 feet away. 2 inches away and cleaned up with solvent and the casting pores appeared. So i spray "blued" the head surfaces and flat bar 1500 grit sand papered off the bluing. It resembled an old nursury ryhme about the plaque with pock marks. Looked worse than a teenage boy with severe acne. I measured the depths of the valves - exhaust ranged from -0.033" to -0.041", intake ranged from -0.039" to -0.051". The pre-cups are of course magnetic.
I bought them from Bostic Motors on Ebay - no hassle with the return of the block but I did have another 110 mile round trip to the shipping location.
Another reason the old saying remains the same - you get what you cheaply pay for. AMG here I come baby.
Oh, I have another short block that I need a set of heads for to sell off. I can't in a good concious even put these on that Sb and sell them.
Jerry