I hear and understand ya man. MMR isn't doing my build, they are balancing my rotating assembly and supplying me with side bolts, and possibly still might bore my block over. All of which because they are close and can send down my stuff when they have a shipment already being sent down here. They ported a set of PI heads for me, which i did have complaints about concerning the seat pressure and valve height, but they were very willing and happy to fix any problems i pointed out. In the end the problems shouldnt have been there as they knew what cams i was running (looked to even be off if i were to run stock Pi cams) and it cost me money to have a local shop figure out what was off about them. So it's not like im singing their praises. I'm just saying parts are parts. I know i didn't buy any MMR parts besides side main bolts, i acquired everything myself, and will build it myself. So it's more of a CobraRed shortblock than anything else.
I would assemble my own SB but I am unsure of the process and not very comfortable with it due to all of the clearances. I am to worried that I would screw something up and end up with a $2000 boat anchor. I am however confident that I can assemble the rest of the engine and istall it myself. How did you find out your seat pressures were off?
I'll have help from someone who has done it before quite a few times. As for the seat pressure, since i'd had so much trouble with heads before that point i had Total Performance look over my parts before they go in. They sighted the problems i'd face when putting the cams on. Noticed the stuff was off, but had to figure out why. I believe it's becaue MMR sinks the valves seats a bit into the head when porting for more flow. But that changes the height and pressure which maybe they dont address. i've been telling people to talk to MMR about that before ordering to make sure it's a-ok with their cams and springs.
I would do pretty much the same thing you are if I had someone to guide me through the process. I also know I could save myself some money in the process. I am hopeing that I can make a little cash off the current engine when I pull it to buy you guessed it more parts.
