540 build cam selection with gil exhaust
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If you go with them assembled, I might suggest taking them apart, having the valve guides checked, and replacing the cheap entry level valve springs they come with. If you wanna go a little further, a sintered powder metal exhaust valve seat to replace the ductile iron seats they come with. The sintered powder metal seat is what GM used in the stock merc heads, and engine quest uses as well. If in fact, you are looking for durability, and going the distance.
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X2. I would never trust what components are actually assembled with let alone some of the shotty valve job work. I'm sure you've seen the ol man on YouTube covering all the different heads that get purchased assembled. Regardless what brand. It's to bad really. I hope you let AFR have a piece of your mind with your ordeal. I've had my problems with dart castings also but they quickly resolved with replacements. It's not just performance it's everything nowadays.
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a guy near me is trying to sell a 496 he had built. pro comp head dropped a valve at idle. only killed 1 sleeve, I head, and 1 piston. so he only wants 3k. this is a current day example of Chinese valves.