Sorry to hear... Take your time and do it right the first time. you'll be better off in the long run, trust me...

 

Did you ever pull the cam chest to check for a snapped cam pinion shaft? With all the damage you have I would suspect that to be the culprit....

 

No, I haven't checked that, but I will trust me I'm going over everything with a fine tooth comb. I just spent the weekend cleaning the heads and disassembling them. The cylinder are off and I have them being in inspected and honed for free. I'm in the process of buying the guides and all but to many options lol. I think I'm going to use nitrated valves with chrome tips, cast iron valve guides, vitron valves seals. I ordered new .040 mls metal head gasket, new base gasket, and new chrome molly rings.

 

Why cast iron guides, I always thought that bronze was the material of choice...

 

johnjzjz likes cast iron guides for long life.

 

Yes, my iron/bronze experience in air-cooled engines has been that the bronze guide wear very quickly - and that wear can lead to over-heated valves and consequent "snap-bang-hole-in-piston".

The philosophers, many of whom never did any engine or machine work, tell us that "knowledge is the food for the soul". If that's true, brother, you are getting a full meal.

 

Thank you brother,

"What's for desert"....

 

I brought my heads to the shop today and they are going to look at it and give me a price to fix the heads and do a fix up valve seats probably use lapping compound because there not in to bad of shape. I didn't notices it but after the shop told me that the heads had a hell of a 3 angle valve job done. What should it cost to fix the valve seats and the gouges?