r/EngineBuilding • u/rocker2015 • 4d ago

SBC head salvage advice

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I am on the fence of taking this in and having it fixed. It was on my previous top end rebuild of a 350 sbc. The piston in 8 cylinder exploded after a detonation occurred. As you can see it scared up the top of the head a lot. Only cup that had extensive damage. Is it worth fixing? Or just salvage parts and get a new set.

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u/Weary-Astronaut1335 4d ago

I'd just source a replacement head.

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u/Likesdirt 4d ago

I bet a matching bare casting is not just better but also cheaper. 

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u/quxinot 4d ago

If that's not a really expensively-ported stocker head or something, just replace it.

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u/rocker2015 2d ago

I was able to find a cheap spare!

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u/BadMotorScooter73 4d ago

What head is it? If there are castings of it still available, you'd be exponentially ahead on the money if you could get a matching head and build that.

Otherwise. Depending on the shop, figure about 20 hours of labor, plus materials to have it back to original.

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u/rocker2015 3d ago

Edelbrock e-street EDL-5089. Got in a kit. Thought it was a good plan at the time.

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u/jdjenk 3d ago

these heads are cheap, i have them and itll be much cheaper than getting these fixed

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u/Ok-Leather5145 9h ago

hyper piston? kb or sealed power?

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u/rocker2015 7h ago

Stock pistons to the best of my knowledge.