Got a built head but no cam caps?

[90tsiawdturbo]

So I just bought a built head from my friend...it's just the head, valves, springs and retainers....however the guy he got it from didn't include the cam caps, supposedly the head has 1500 miles on it from being built which I believe because the head is super clean...can I just grab cam caps off my spare motor and have them honed or whatever? BogusSVO I hope you see this I want your opinion

 

[Breezio69]

Yes, you can have a shop line bore the cam caps from another head to fit this head. Even if he handed you a bag of caps with the head you'd be in the same situation unless they were marked. They have to go back on the exact journal they came off of.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

I personally would not buy a head or block without the cam caps Or main caps.

Just too much work and a pain in the ass when you could find a head with everything origional.

But like breezio said. It can be line hoaned. But then how mucj material is gone to correct out of round?

 

[BogusSVO]

It is best to have the cam caps.

But you do not, so I hope you bought the head cheap.

Yes you can take the cam caps from the other head, or better yet a junked head, and have the head line honed.

The head will have to be fully apart, then assembled again.

The cost to have a head line honed/bored in my area is $100-$125 per cam

So you will end up about $300 or so to get caps on the built head.

If the casting is not pro ported, I would rip the good parts out of it and trans fer them into the casting you have that has the caps, given that casting is in decent shape.

 

[90tsiawdturbo]

It's machined for oversize valves and is fully ported exhaust and intake side so I'd like to be able to keep it....I got it for a steal so it's not too big of a deal but it's got some man hours of port work done to it

If the casting is not pro ported, I would rip the good parts out of it and trans fer them into the casting you have that has the caps, given that casting is in decent shape.

Can you explain what you mean by pro-porting and casting?

 

[jakeachy]

he means that the head you have, if not ported by a pro/pro level job, isn't worth the labor to line hone it. and, if your other head is good, use it.

but, given the valve work alone, you're best off honing it IMO. good time to get some cams to fit the heads