HQ 107 advice
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,122
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From: Boise Idaho
Head Quarters is a great place and I may deal with them again in the future, if they start answering the phone again. EMAIL comunication is not sufficiant when you are talking about dropping that much money.
If you won't talk to me you're not getting my money!
If you won't talk to me you're not getting my money!
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,939
Likes: 3
From: TX
All of the HQ builds I've done have produced.
I have been VERY impressed with the 107's.
As has been said, and I am a very firm believer that numbers don't tell the story. In fact, to me, numbers don't really mean ****. Having been down this road so many times, "Rideability" is what truly matters.
Have it assembled and tuned properly and you will be thoroughly satisfied. There is no comparing the HQ motors to S/E crud.
In reference to the "clean up" vs professional porting question..... You can NOT pay HQ to do a "clean-up". That's really a bit of a joke to say joeblow "cleaned up" the ports in my heads for only xxx $$$'s. What they really did was butcher them such that any professional won't even touch them. Kinda like a magic trick.... watch me turn a perfectly good set of heads into boat anchors.....
I have been VERY impressed with the 107's.
As has been said, and I am a very firm believer that numbers don't tell the story. In fact, to me, numbers don't really mean ****. Having been down this road so many times, "Rideability" is what truly matters.
Have it assembled and tuned properly and you will be thoroughly satisfied. There is no comparing the HQ motors to S/E crud.
In reference to the "clean up" vs professional porting question..... You can NOT pay HQ to do a "clean-up". That's really a bit of a joke to say joeblow "cleaned up" the ports in my heads for only xxx $$$'s. What they really did was butcher them such that any professional won't even touch them. Kinda like a magic trick.... watch me turn a perfectly good set of heads into boat anchors.....
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 384
Likes: 2
From: Eastern NC
In reference to the "clean up" vs professional porting question..... You can NOT pay HQ to do a "clean-up". That's really a bit of a joke to say joeblow "cleaned up" the ports in my heads for only xxx $$$'s. What they really did was butcher them such that any professional won't even touch them. Kinda like a magic trick.... watch me turn a perfectly good set of heads into boat anchors.....
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 973
Likes: 1
Seen many good combo's come out of shops like bigboyz that had just a basic street port/clean up of the heads. Very $$ efficient builds. Dont know if I would call Bean and the crew "BUTCHERS". Having the heads blueprinted "cleaned up" is essential, and part of the process of ANY PROFESSIONAL HEADWORK (even HQ). Dont know what kind of BS generalization your trying to make about only butchers cleaning up heads, and turning them into boat anchors.Your posts are usually pretty informative, but either I completely misunderstood you or you are just clueless in this arena.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,940
Likes: 296
From: Wyoming
All of the HQ builds I've done have produced.
I have been VERY impressed with the 107's.
As has been said, and I am a very firm believer that numbers don't tell the story. In fact, to me, numbers don't really mean ****. Having been down this road so many times, "Rideability" is what truly matters.
Have it assembled and tuned properly and you will be thoroughly satisfied. There is no comparing the HQ motors to S/E crud.
In reference to the "clean up" vs professional porting question..... You can NOT pay HQ to do a "clean-up". That's really a bit of a joke to say joeblow "cleaned up" the ports in my heads for only xxx $$$'s. What they really did was butcher them such that any professional won't even touch them. Kinda like a magic trick.... watch me turn a perfectly good set of heads into boat anchors.....
I have been VERY impressed with the 107's.
As has been said, and I am a very firm believer that numbers don't tell the story. In fact, to me, numbers don't really mean ****. Having been down this road so many times, "Rideability" is what truly matters.
Have it assembled and tuned properly and you will be thoroughly satisfied. There is no comparing the HQ motors to S/E crud.
In reference to the "clean up" vs professional porting question..... You can NOT pay HQ to do a "clean-up". That's really a bit of a joke to say joeblow "cleaned up" the ports in my heads for only xxx $$$'s. What they really did was butcher them such that any professional won't even touch them. Kinda like a magic trick.... watch me turn a perfectly good set of heads into boat anchors.....
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 10,449
Likes: 46
From: Roswell, GA
Seen many good combo's come out of shops like bigboyz that had just a basic street port/clean up of the heads. Very $$ efficient builds. Dont know if I would call Bean and the crew "BUTCHERS". Having the heads blueprinted "cleaned up" is essential, and part of the process of ANY PROFESSIONAL HEADWORK (even HQ). Dont know what kind of BS generalization your trying to make about only butchers cleaning up heads, and turning them into boat anchors.Your posts are usually pretty informative, but either I completely misunderstood you or you are just clueless in this arena.
Your reference to "BS generalization" was, IMO, out of line given what Phil actually wrote and what you thought he wrote.
If you want to insult someone with profanity, pick somebody else; Phil is one of the really good guys on HDF.
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 2,459
Likes: 674
From: Vancouver Island B.C.
Yes, I believe you misunderstood Phil's point which is "cleaning up the ports" often results in the heads being useless for further, professional fully ported head work. Anyone with with a rotary tool can "clean up" ports. Now, if Phil had said something about BigBoyz specifically or street porting generally, you might have a bone to pick with his phrasing.
Your reference to "BS generalization" was, IMO, out of line given what Phil actually wrote and what you thought he wrote.
If you want to insult someone with profanity, pick somebody else; Phil is one of the really good guys on HDF.
Your reference to "BS generalization" was, IMO, out of line given what Phil actually wrote and what you thought he wrote.
If you want to insult someone with profanity, pick somebody else; Phil is one of the really good guys on HDF.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 384
Likes: 2
From: Eastern NC
Or you could just try calling HQ.....
If you want to be insulted thats your perogative, im willing to except that perhaps I misunderstood your post. I even stated that in my own post, of course you didnt quote that part. A full blown port job is not necessary to set compression to desired levels, and strip the paint out. And like I said, HQ DOES THIS as part of their "PROFESSIONAL PORTING". This alone can be done for around $300 from most places. And set up by someone who knows what they are doing and the right cam, you will see a nice bump in performance. No magic tricks there. Im sure the OP will be happy with his package, and I never said anything to the contrary.
If I came across as being a little abrasive, or hurt someones feelings.
Well,
the internet is definatly not the place for thin skin.
If you want to be insulted thats your perogative, im willing to except that perhaps I misunderstood your post. I even stated that in my own post, of course you didnt quote that part. A full blown port job is not necessary to set compression to desired levels, and strip the paint out. And like I said, HQ DOES THIS as part of their "PROFESSIONAL PORTING". This alone can be done for around $300 from most places. And set up by someone who knows what they are doing and the right cam, you will see a nice bump in performance. No magic tricks there. Im sure the OP will be happy with his package, and I never said anything to the contrary.
If I came across as being a little abrasive, or hurt someones feelings.
Well,
the internet is definatly not the place for thin skin.
Last edited by ryanl; Aug 28, 2009 at 04:06 AM.