C'mon....take a guess.

[leadrsa729]

Finally got the header assemblies off the cylinders last night. I thought I would have some fun with this, because at this point all I can do is laugh.

So here's the big question - How many miles would you guess are on these Headers?

The worst Exhaust Valves:









And now the Tops:














Let the games begin!

[mkossler]

that kind of buildup can happen fast. I got my money on 1200 miles. The gaskets are too fresh

[Hugh R]

Yeah, I'm thinking not too many miles either. First pic, did you burn off a valve stem?

[Mo_Gearhead]

I'm going with, less than 10 miles.

[leadrsa729]

Hugh - I have no idea what the white build up is on the valve although the valve itself does seem to be in tact. I will post actual miles tomorrow.

[leadrsa729]

And the actual number is......8 miles!

I had a bad experience with a local builder here. I gave him almost 2 years to complete an engine rebuild and finally just had to go repossess my own car. He told me there were just a few things that needed to be done in order to get it running. Well I could never get it timed correctly, or even tune the carbs correctly. Then i found out the heads had no work done on them at all, none of the machining I requested. So I started tearing things apart. I hope the internals are good, pistons, rings, cylinders, crank; and that all I have to do here is a top end. We'll see....

[Facey]

sorry to hear that, its insane what some of these shops try and pull

[dgmark]

There are people that do great work in the Chicago area, If you need some recomendations PM me. I will put a plug in for my good freind Wally at Werner machine for your head work.

[Por_sha911]

Who is this fine establishment that wasted 2 years of your Porsche life?

[LeakProof]

This is why all my stuff is being sent out of state.

Leakproof.