Valve my train
PortFlow valve train versus
SuperTech. How would the two compare? Price wise they are both close and both offer Nitride coated valves. Which by the way, what is the advantage in having Nitride coated valves?
PortFlow .: Products :.
SuperTech Laskey Racing Online Store
PortFlow's price for the valve train which includes dual springs and titanium retainers is $320.
SuperTech's price for the valve train which includes the same is $310. Shipping is included.
PortFlow's Nitride coated valves are not showing on their site, ironically, which leads me to question if they do make valves?
SuperTech's Nitride coated valves are $250 for all, are available in flat or dish top (something I do not know which to choose) and offer oversized valves at no extra cost. (another thing I'm still confused about is whether or not to get oversized valves) Shipping is included.
PortFlow offers manganse-bronze valve guides for $6.00 each or $96 a set.
SuperTech offers a full set of Bronze valve guides for $95. Shipping is included.
PortFlow offers a full set of new seals for $24.
SuperTech offers all of this, minus the valve guides and seals for $525 with shipping included. All that would be left to purchase here would be the valve guides and seals.
Perhaps I'm looking too "deep" into all of this, but I do want to do this right the first time and not end up shelling out money for crap...something that from what I have read and been taught,
PortFlow is not. If anyone knows anything about
SuperTech, please feel free to share. I'm currently looking through different posts, seeing what kind of valve trains people have had success with and which ones, quite frankly, have bitten the dust. Skunk2's valve train is definitely out of the picture.
I pondered hard today as to what my next purchase should be, and I decided that it should be the valve train. Why? It would be like building from the inside out. I take my head to the shop, have it dismantled, port and polished, have the valve guides installed, seals...I can't forget to get new seals, valves, five angle valve job, retainers and springs, then finish off with the cams.
Whew! For a guy that barely has a brain, that sure did take a lot out of me. haha Feel free to chime in and let me know if anyone else would go about this a different way and why. Thanks again all.
By the way Scott, if you're around, you said before that guys have had success in running Omni Power in their D-series. What about B-series? Have you or anyone else heard about Omni Power in a B?
God bless you all for helping me out. *grins*