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Why not just have the heads dipped to clean them real good and just have your machinist put in a set of valve stem seals.
A little oil is cheap, compared to spending money on parts.

because it is $275 for him to go thru the heads plus whatever parts i need for them
i'm guessing that'll be around $500 when he's done
might as well spring $800 for the EQ magnums at that cost

heads are all the way apart so no matter what i'm still out $500