How much does as skim cost these days?

Not that I want a head doing mind just the matign face of my inlet manifold

I paid £25 last time.

I paid 30 quid cash last time for a k series head.

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Originally posted by Danozeman
I paid 30 quid cash last time for a k series head.

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just paid £45 to have 25thou skimmed of a zetec head, would say if just a mating surface on a manifold may not need to be done on a head skimmer may be cheeper if none with general machine shop milling machine, how bad is it?

Its not bad, I filed it canny flat but its not enough, can't be bothered with the file, would rather have it done properly.

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Bet they hadn't done one of those for a while

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Been to the local machine shop (Bob) and after much sucking through teeth and words like, nightmare, too thin, deflection, clamping etc, he considered options...

1. Silicone gasket, make a bead round each port, allow to dry and try that...

2. If the silicone fails, he will machine me grooves round the ports to take O rings.

Bob owns a rally spec Subaru and reckons the engine and box have more silicone for gaskets than actual gaskets (head excluded of course).

So, here we go