Dealing with Alaniz Technologies
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Is Alaniz worth ALL this trouble? Lately I have read numerous posts on the subject of comunication and delivery dates that do not sound welcoming. Are his "heads" the best? I'm only asking because I plan on building up my engine this year and head work is part of the project.
Erick
Chad, I follow your posts and the progress of your car, congrats and I'm glad everything worked out. Enjoy!
Erick
Chad, I follow your posts and the progress of your car, congrats and I'm glad everything worked out. Enjoy!
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From: South of the pier, Huntington Beach, CA
You have to figure 3 or 4 months with Alaniz. I saw a head done in 4 weeks a few months back but the usual is 3 months or more. Anyone shipping a head to him should strip it first and just send the head with valves/springs in place. No cams or bolts, etc.
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From: DFW, TX
Just read the cliffs...glad you got everything back.
I'm also planning headwork it the not TOO far future, but probably 1-1.5years down the road as a guesstimate. I will be doing some shopping, thats for sure, leaning towards laskey.
However, I think whoever I go with, I will be sending them a "spare" head to do the work on and make it more of a bolt on job when I finally get the head back
I'm also planning headwork it the not TOO far future, but probably 1-1.5years down the road as a guesstimate. I will be doing some shopping, thats for sure, leaning towards laskey.
However, I think whoever I go with, I will be sending them a "spare" head to do the work on and make it more of a bolt on job when I finally get the head back
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From: local courts ...
I would like to go ahead and say that I hope everyone does not get the wrong idea with this thread. Joe Alaniz does amazing head work - I am very eager to see the final numbers on my car using his work. However, I just felt it was neccessary to bring everything that has happened to S2Ki's attention.
If you do happen to have a secondary spare head laying around and can afford the downtime - by all means, Joe's work is top notch!
If you do happen to have a secondary spare head laying around and can afford the downtime - by all means, Joe's work is top notch!
on the aggrevation and delay
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Well, apparently my bad luck never ends.
Earlier this week I dropped my Intake Manifold off at a local shop to have the runners port matched to the head - free up a bit of more power!
Well, this afternoon when I picked up the parts I was in for a bit of bad news.
Apparently Alaniz Technologies used a belt sander when surfacing the head. After the local machine shop looking at things, it was done very unevenly. The shop had to take off 9 thousandths by milling the deck - now things are finally surfaced well!
Earlier this week I dropped my Intake Manifold off at a local shop to have the runners port matched to the head - free up a bit of more power!
Well, this afternoon when I picked up the parts I was in for a bit of bad news. Apparently Alaniz Technologies used a belt sander when surfacing the head. After the local machine shop looking at things, it was done very unevenly. The shop had to take off 9 thousandths by milling the deck - now things are finally surfaced well!