[Stan Weiss]

Originally Posted by hp 400 dave

Victor intake $ 300
E head castings, bare $1,300
Jesel shaft rockers $1,500
Springs $ 800
Ti retainers/locks $ 300
Jesel lifters $1,200
Ti valves $2,500
55mm cam $ 600
Cometic's $ 250
push rods $ 150
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Total parts cost $8,900

That leaves $3,100 for porting the intake, heads, supplying and installing copper seats, honing guides, valve job, setting up the springs, surfacing the heads and intake, machine for push rod clearance, sometimes a torque converter he stated, etc. This would be very similar no matter which casting you were working with when you are building 1,000 plus hp. I would say these prices are actually very cheap when you consider the results. Please don't nit pick the costs as they are approximate for illustrative purposes. I was at my engine builder's shop on Friday looking at a $2,200 set of keyway lifters, so it's really all about the part costs, not the labor.
There's a lot of misinformation and fighting in this section. I can't see how this is helping anyone in the Pontiac community and I'm really surprised that any companies are willing to make parts for us anymore. Very juvenile really.

Dave,
For some people the problem was that if they spent all of that money they did not want to have a head that they had to buy new valve covers for. The other thing was they will have to but new headers. Like the EHTTFMF upgrade would not need new headers.

Stan