I'm looking at the heads myself and see no cracks at all. There were no leaks before so I honestly think this guy was trying to just gouge me...
Do you recommend any good tuners in NJ, by the way?
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Maybe he magnafluxed them for cracks but most all used 3800 heads will have very small cracks.
There is a hardened valve seat in our heads BTW. If you look closely at the head, you can see them.
Damn that's expensive, I'd call around to a few different places and see what they charge for it. I got them magnafluxed, quick valve job, and painted for $200 total. I didn't have anything else done to them though. My ported heads I brought to someone else, had them fluxed, need new guides since the bronze ones basically fell apart in his hand, and had them decked and that was about $500, including the new guides and seals, they were already ported.
Hey check out this thread out. http://www.grandprixforums.net/looki...tml#post891091
I haven't had any personal experience with them but they do have experience with our platform.