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Old 10-22-2012, 05:46 PM
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Has anybody dealt with NW CylinderHeads??

I was searching for remanufactured Cylinder heads on eBay and came across NW CylinderHeads out of Spokane, WA. Has anybody heard of them or dealt with them? Comments? Good, Bad, Ugly??

I may be looking to get a 1981-84 22R head (round exhaust ports) from them.

Thanks for your input
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Never heard of them, but I've only been in Spokane for 5 years. Can't seem to track down where their shop is, just their ebay business. Must have a different business name in town. If you figure it out, I can ask around about their rep locally.
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Never heard of em. Most people use engnbldr heads.
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Bingle, I searched online for their address. They are located at 1631 E Francis Ave

If you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate you scoping them out for me. Just curious about their quality of work they do.
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HighLux, unfortunately engnbldr doesn't sell 81-84 heads.
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Wasn't sure. Called "cylinder head service" on storefront. Will ask around and see if anybody's used them. Get back to ya tomorrow afternoon. What's up with your current head? Did I miss that thread?
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Thanks, I appreciate you looking into that for me

Nothing is really wrong with my current head. I'm just figuring that since it's going to cost me at least $285 in parts and machine work for a head job on it so I figured I might just look around for new castings or complete remans.
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Originally Posted by kawazx636
HighLux, unfortunately engnbldr doesn't sell 81-84 heads.
From my emails Ted and his son will rebuild an early head. From what I understand no one had made new early heads for quite a few years...
I may have engbldr rebuild a head for me at some point however I could not get a real estimate out of them last year..
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Couple of guys at work have had heads done by them and they were happy with them. Sounds like a good deal to me. You'll have to give your review of the product if you go that route.
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I worked with a guy over the summer that said that is the only place her will take his machining work too. He has rebuilt many Yotas over the years and I respect his opinion very highly. He is a machinist at the sheet metal and fabrication shop I worked at. He knows quality Machining when he sees it.
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Thanks for your input guys, I think I'll end up going with them. I've yet to hear anythin ba about them. The price is definitely right, but I'm usually a firm believer in getting what you pay for. I don't want to finish up this build just to find out that I got a crap head.
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