veech

My zo6 Tends to smoke a little more than Im comfortable with, the Guides must be worn out?
Valve Seats worn too?

How Much should It cost to Get this issue fixed if I dropped the heads off at a shop?

D-Rod

Where are you located?

Mopar Jimmy

I would stop driving the car NOW b/f you drop a valve or have some type of catastophic failure, and contact Carlos at Vette Air to send you your old heads for the new LS7 heads that he just started to recently offer, that have all the upgrade for power and more importantly reliablity! I belive it will only cost you around $1,595 (plus your stock heads).

See the below post for the heads I am referencing and look at posts #15 and 16 to see exactly what he does to fortify these great LS7 heads:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...-pump-gas.html

You can also contact Richard at West Coast Cylinder Head and do the same thing with him also. Good luck!

VetteVinnie

That price seems about right. That's roughly what I'm paying to get the guides swapped out (and to R&R the heads). My car was smoking a bit, too, and it turned out to have another broken valve seal. This is the second time I've had to replace seals. Not sure what's going on, but hopefully this will be the last time it happens.

Unreal

I would expect $500-700 to R&R the heads. Then ~$600 just to do new guides, clean them up, and valve job. While they are off I would just get them decked/ported and get some power too.

Michael_D

Before you get all excited, what makes you think it's guides?

veech

cuz im good like that! lol

zmikeszo6

i have a set of Ls7 heads from a 2008 zo6 has 1800 miles on them
any one now the goin price on them, im looking to sell them to a friend.
thanks mike

Unreal

$1300-1400.

0C_Williams@RPM

....at my shop $515



PARTS

CHE Phosphor Bronze Valve Guides
Viton Valve Seals

Machine Work & Labor

-install guides & hone to size
-comp 5-angle valve job
-assembled

zmikeszo6

thanks for the info on the ls7 heads!

Mopar Jimmy

Great price!

Yawlak80-86

Should we assume you have the heads off, disassembled them, and checked for valve stem wear as well as the guides or are you just guessing cuz your good like that?

veech

Heads are still on and car runs great... but smokes

And yea, Im good like that

Yawlak80-86

So you didn't pull the heads therefore you can't properly assess their condition? Car runs great?


No, I'm afraid you're not good like that...

ipmtim

Veech,
How many miles on the clock?
Track, no track?.....etc.
tia
Tim

veech

The Car does run Great... Just Smokes a lil

The heads are the Problem... what else needs to be assed on their condition? Its not like im just going to Change the Guides... once the heads are off they will be Ported/Polished, New valves, guides, seals... everything.

veech

The Car has 9k on it.
Track? not really, but it gets driven just as hard...

Michael_D

Oil in the combustion chamber can come from more places than the guides..... Which was why I originally asked you why you came to the conclusion it was heads. If you are smoking beyond initial start up, then the intake guide seals may not be the problem, and most likely are not the problem.

veech

Car smokes on decel after a pass