Update: Derck from L and R engines received the heads from Livernois last friday (10 Feb). He spent this week doing a thorough inspection. The heads were completely disassembled. Everything was checked, measured, mic'd, etc.
On a side note I was told by Mike that I had a phaser with a spring pin out of it and the phaser was bad. He (Mike) said he would mark it, so Derek could see it.
Anyway, Derek said the heads looked good.
BUT he felt that the
GUIDES (iron) were not clearenced (too tight) enough, so he reamed them out. He did place them in his C and C machine and all ports matched and he was of the opinion that everything else looked good.
Back to the phaser: Derek saw the phaser that Livernois marked and he said that he (Derek) doesnt recall the phaser leaving his shop in that condition. He said he could fix the problem but with the amount of boost im running he recomends that I replace them. So I will. Not blaming Livernois on the broken phaser (well maybe a little) but maybe it happened during shipping...... But a phaser problem was never on the radar.
So, the shortblock will be completed in a few more days and off to Phoenix to get tuned.
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front, for you civilain types): I am glad that I posted this thread because this was the only way to get stuff solved. I will never do business with Livernois again. I appreciate them replacing the heads (Im on set 2), but their customer service, backing their product, is horrible. If you have a Livernois product and have an issue and you speak to Dave Ameduri you better have your ducks in a row. And its unfortunate that good people like Mike get caught up in it.
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Mike@Livernois: I apperciate your help! Thanks for your honesty, and for overseeing my situation. You need to spread some of your dedication to the customer to your co-workers, cause they are going to be the down fall of your company. IF I had it to do all over again I would have chosen a diferent comapny to buy ported heads from. (foxlake, JPC, etc)