Quote Originally Posted by CJD View Post
The bare head would cost as much as the Summit by the time you did the valve job on it. The remanufactured heads may or may not be a good deal. It depends on the reputation of the rebuilding company. I've had both good and bad experiences with remanufactured.

I am not impressed with the original Indmar heads. They work, but they are not anything special. I think the Summit or Mercruiser heads would be an improvement.
But I guess my (in that case) inferior head would work together with a new summit-head?
I found a used head on ebay, mercruiser one, where the other head was ruined (together with the engine I guess) because the engine was hydro-locked on that side. Seller guarantees no cracks and has tested with feeler gauge.
Looks to be in good condition. Price with shipping would be 280 + customs = 364 dollars. Compared with 521 dollars for JEGS (or 524 for same thing from summit) heads.
For the 160 I think I will be able to have the head resurfaced and if there are shortcomings with any of the valves (even if the seller, who is a mechanic I think, have checked them and says they are ok) have them fixed.

Question then comes to would a used mercruiser be better than a new "Chevrolet Performance 12558060"?

If I were in the US and the used head was 100 + 50 in shipping I would lean towards that. But now it is 100 + 180 shipping.

Thanks for all the help!