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I got a set of new heads I imported from china myself,including a block and crank. the heads look fine, and valves fit and plugs and injectors tread in OK, only thing I found was the precups are not stainless aloy.
But who is to say that is bad, after all the oem cups where all cracked on the heads i have seen sofar.
that must have been the reason the cups are of a different alloy. only way to find out is to bolt them on and put the miles on.
I have a set from Clearwater running on a 94 Burb and its been 24 months approx since they were put in service.
There are other good reports from a delivery company that has used many many sets of these and had Zero failures.
The only way to really know just what the full story is going to be is to wait and see what the long term spells out.
With so many sets running on little town delivery trucks that get the snot ran out of them, the prognosis is in my opinion fairly good.
Most probably the new AMG/GEP heads may be of better quality but the supply and the price are not really in the ball park for so many 6.5 owners.
My heads were $670 to my door with a return voucher for the old heads back to Florida.
The 94 has about 30K on it now and runs like a champ.
My feeling is that if they will run 100K without an issue then the stuff was worth using.
The truck had 237K when it failed and that was the original engine. The heads were junk with the valves well sunk into the heads and some cracking in the precup ports as well as the usual cracks between the valves.
The debate on any of these imported parts will rage on without end and the only way we will ever know the real story is to sit back and see how well it lasts.
For a later model truck that is in very nice shape and worthy of keeping the choice to use a new AMG engine would certainly be a good one.
Unfortunately so many of us cant afford to drop that sort of $$$$ into an engine.
My complete rebuild cost me an out of pocket of about $1800 total.
I dont count my own labor though as I can afford to do the work far more than I can come up with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
I used all name brand internal parts (heads not counted) such as bearings and rings and such.
Many parts were scrounged off ebay and craigs list and other surplus sources.
The truck was down from April 28th until July 4th Roughly 2 months.
Had I been unable to do my own work the cost to have it done at a shop could have exceeded the value of the truck by a bunch$$$$$$$ :eek:
The repair costs that I incurred will easily be driven out over the next few years.
I paid $8000 for the rig in the winter of 04 and have no regrets so far.
Keep on a truckin
Robyn
I'm not a baby sitter. I did my part. Maybe you or others can take it the rest of the way.... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jim Faire
DSG's ads mostly undersell their 6.5 engine products, as you pointed out in an earlier post. If I were selling genuine AMG longblocks, I'd sure as hell say it, cuz it is a big advantage. As far as lowest price in NA for heads, I'm quite sure they would meet or beat any legitimate advertised price (they have to with their ad saying what it does). Perhaps they're not updating their web pages as often as their competition does.... ;)
Jim
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Originally Posted by Jim Faire
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, because I couldn't get a satisfactory answer from DSG, I bought the cheapie heads from Ideal, and they're going strong.Quote:
Originally Posted by from DSG website
I'm really not trying to stir up anyhing, but since everybody jumped to DSG's defense so fast, I just sort of wonder why there hasn't been any follow-through from their end?
And they're a Canadian Company. It really sucks when us Canucks end up having to deal with US companies because the Canadian ones keep changing their story. RJ Performance out of Calgary claims to have AMG stuff, too, but always seems to disappear when proof gets mentioned.
I don't mind paying less for possibly Chinese parts. I just hate it when somebody tells me they have AMG stuff and it isn't... it isn't a matter of feeling ripped-off, just a matter of truth in advertising.
You know, all the things you jumped all over Robyn about, DSG just hasn't been able to follow through on. You might want to think about that.
I have a set of the Clearwater units on my 94 Burb and its running like a champ.
I am sure that one gets what they pay for and for $670 a set delivered to the door they were definately a bargain.
Good fit and finish and so far so good. 30K now on the engine.
Best
Robyn