Cylinder Heads

[buzzbass]

It's going to cost almost $1000 to fix/build my shitty Clearwater Cylinder Heads. Who sells Eddy's, or whatever, for the best price ? I only paid $750 for these, 3500 miles ago, and their trashed. Clearwater built them wrong, and now they're not standing behind their work

[Primus]

Lawyer up and then complain to the BBB, 3500 miles after initial purchase and they fail is not common and does show shitty work.
You may have to go to Edelbrock.com to find out where you can find them for sale.

[buzzbass]

sent them my cam card when I ordered my heads, and they were supposed to build the heads accordingly. It was a typical 210*/Sausage cam, lift around .520. According to Clearwater, they had to put longer valves & springs in, to go with the cam. Well, the springs they put in bottom out/coil bind @ .485, the valves are too short, and the retainers were incorrect. So, my heads were running for 3500 miles with .035 worth of insufficient valve travel, and lunching themselves. The tops of the guides are all smashed and mushroomed, the stem seals are crushed/destroyed, and I have a bunch of bent valves. Clearwater also advertises that ALL heads recieve a 3 angle vavle job. My seats look to be barely machined at all. So now I'm replacing everything but the castings themselves and paying as much to do it, as I paid for the goddamn things in the 1st place.

I called Clearwater about their 2 yr. warranty. They said it was impossible that they used the wrong compnents. I sent them pix of the destroyed stuff as proof. They said that the damage was because I was 'racing" the engine. Are you fucking kidding me !?!?! Anyone who knows me, knows this truck barely, if ever, sees the track.

[Hustlajustin]

Originally Posted by buzzbass

sent them my cam card when I ordered my heads, and they were supposed to build the heads accordingly. It was a typical 210*/Sausage cam, lift around .520. According to Clearwater, they had to put longer valves & springs in, to go with the cam. Well, the springs they put in bottom out/coil bind @ .485, the valves are too short, and the retainers were incorrect. So, my heads were running for 3500 miles with .035 worth of insufficient valve travel, and lunching themselves. The tops of the guides are all smashed and mushroomed, the stem seals are crushed/destroyed, and I have a bunch of bent valves. Clearwater also advertises that ALL heads recieve a 3 angle vavle job. My seats look to be barely machined at all. So now I'm replacing everything but the castings themselves and paying as much to do it, as I paid for the goddamn things in the 1st place.

I called Clearwater about their 2 yr. warranty. They said it was impossible that they used the wrong compnents. I sent them pix of the destroyed stuff as proof. They said that the damage was because I was 'racing" the engine. Are you fucking kidding me !?!?! Anyone who knows me, knows this truck barely, if ever, sees the track.

It shouldnt matter what you were doing with the engine, they had a 2 year warranty, if its within 2 years you should be compensated. If they wanna say they wont repair/replace because of you racing then they should have to prove it, otherwise anyone can say anything to avoid having to repair/replace parts that are still under warranty.

[TurboBlew]

got any pics??

[buzzbass]

Originally Posted by TurboBlew

got any pics??

LOL, wtf. You ask that in every thread

I just spoke to CCH. Once I mentioned that I had a local machine shop look at them, and what they found, they seem to be softening their postion a bit. They've asked that the heads be sent back, and they'll evaluate them. I'm NOT optimistic, but we'll see. My local guys is putting them back together, as is, now. They'll be sent out tomorrow via UPS. I'm having UPS pack and box them too, that way they can't point any fingers at me for shipping. More to follow.......stay tuned.

[Hustlajustin]

Originally Posted by buzzbass

LOL, wtf. You ask that in every thread

I just spoke to CCH. Once I mentioned that I had a local machine shop look at them, and what they found, they seem to be softening their postion a bit. They've asked that the heads be sent back, and they'll evaluate them. I'm NOT optimistic, but we'll see. My local guys is putting them back together, as is, now. They'll be sent out tomorrow via UPS. I'm having UPS pack and box them too, that way they can't point any fingers at me for shipping. More to follow.......stay tuned.

Sounds like the realized they were wrong, cool. Good luck with it man.

[Duner]

Originally Posted by buzzbass

LOL, wtf. You ask that in every thread

I just spoke to CCH. Once I mentioned that I had a local machine shop look at them, and what they found, they seem to be softening their postion a bit. They've asked that the heads be sent back, and they'll evaluate them. I'm NOT optimistic, but we'll see. My local guys is putting them back together, as is, now. They'll be sent out tomorrow via UPS. I'm having UPS pack and box them too, that way they can't point any fingers at me for shipping. More to follow.......stay tuned.

That's good to hear. I hope they make good for you.

[TurboBlew]

Originally Posted by buzzbass

LOL, wtf. You ask that in every thread

I just spoke to CCH. Once I mentioned that I had a local machine shop look at them, and what they found, they seem to be softening their postion a bit. They've asked that the heads be sent back, and they'll evaluate them. I'm NOT optimistic, but we'll see. My local guys is putting them back together, as is, now. They'll be sent out tomorrow via UPS. I'm having UPS pack and box them too, that way they can't point any fingers at me for shipping. More to follow.......stay tuned.

Im not a cylinder head expert... I just play one on the forums!

[96BlkDak]

Originally Posted by buzzbass

LOL, wtf. You ask that in every thread

hes just looking for pics of hot chicks.

[buzzbass]

Originally Posted by 96BlkDak

hes just looking for pics of hot chicks.

in a cylinder head thread !?! now I'm really worried