[Robey5]

"...2005 Honda Civic-Ex over heated a few months ago and when we checked, it had a blown head gasket and already warped head..."


Why not, I will bite...

My suggestion here is that you will want to tackle this job on your own. Get a manual (chilton or haynes) and use it as a reference to taking the cylinder head (cast aluminum, I believe) OFF of the engine. Take a Friday off with your brother, start the fun on Thursday evening, get the cylinder head off of the engine by Friday, and bring it to a machine shop and get it straightened.

While you're at it, get the valves reworked by the machine shop.

Pick up a new gasket (set), and put it back together. Use the torque on the head bolts outlined by the manual.

Here's the upside: the Hondas that I have worked on were pretty easy and straight forward. The blown gasket will present itself pretty obviously; and you will likely get it back on the road (with a new oil change) by Sunday. Not too bad of a job, realistically speaking --- if you've done any slightly advanced work on a porsche in the past.

Good luck...