I've been working on cars since around march of 2012. I new. I have a set of 305 heads that were really dirty. It came from a 79 camaro that never had an Oil change. I took the valves out and the valves are pretty burnt. I was wondering If I cleaned them up would they still be good to use? The edges aren't rough or anything. Just let me know what is need to know please. The heads I know are still good.
Not really. If you got the head off, you should replace them.
hey why dont you go down to your local machine shop and ask a few questions,try and angle a cleanup job to trade for labor and experience.in other words,why dont you go ask your dadlove that commercial
Any automotive machine shop can inspect the face and straightness if the valves to see if they can be re-ground and re-used.
People reuse valves all the time, just need to inspect them for straightness, keep them in the same locations in the heads and relapping them is a great idea also.
