Who makes hardened valve seats? I am putting the MP oversized valves in my 225, but I also want to get hard seats. I suppose the machinist could get them, but I would like to comparison shop, and maybe get them cheaper than he would sell them to me for.

Thanks

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'67 Dart 270 4door, 225

When you have a machine shop do the work you are not really paying for the part but paying for the work done. I brought in a set of 576 casting 360 heads to get "fixed" with new valve seats. It would have cost about $300 to have Stainless Steel oversize valves and the porting and polishing done. Instead I gave him the heads and he gave me a set of "J" heads for the same price with the same work done to them. It was basically only the labor which was the major cost. Now that 360 is in my Power Wagon

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I'm a 17 year old with a disease called Moparosis. Is there a cure?
1968 Plymouth Barracuda (225/auto)
1966 Dodge Coronet 500 (318/auto)
1974 Dodge W200 PowerWagon (360/auto)
1996 Dodge Neon ACR

Normally, if you buy parts elsewhere and take them to a shop to install them, they will adjust the labor rate up according to the profit they lost on the parts. Machinist's gotta eat too.

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Official Cookie and Mater Tormentor.

You seem to be a lucky one then. Machine shops here quote labor plus parts. I've even had a few notable shops tell me to bring in the parts I want installed. Those that didn't quoted higher on the seats, than installing them and doing the valve job.

Just dont want to get ripped off

Thanks

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'67 Dart 270 4door, 225

Well I had been using him for my motors for a while so.......If you are in seattle go to Foster's Machine in White Center

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I'm a 17 year old with a disease called Moparosis. Is there a cure?
1968 Plymouth Barracuda (225/auto)
1966 Dodge Coronet 500 (318/auto)
1974 Dodge W200 PowerWagon (360/auto)
1996 Dodge Neon ACR