Whats the best machine shop near Placerville/sac for a complete head surface and valve job on my 80 head
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I’ve heard that parish is a good shop. I think that’s where @jcardona1 had his done a while back. They are located at Madison and watt I think.
Yup! Parrish is the spot. They are highly recommended on Pirate as well. Here's the old post from my build thread:
After a 2 week wait the head is finally back from the machine shop with a clean bill of health! She's almost too pretty to put back on, almost Owner at the shop said everything came out perfect. Here's the breakdown of everything done to the head:
- Full testing and cleaning
- Resurfaced 0.007" (7 thousandths)
- Full valve grind and adjustment to be in-spec (grind valves, seats and tip stems)
- New valve stem seals (OEM, which I provided)
- New exhaust valve guides ($120 extra, intake side was in-spec)
Final bill was $590 due to the new valve guides. Great experience dealing with the guys at Parrish Automotive in North Highlands. Highly recommend them.