VAC motorsports parts, yay or nay?

[golde30]

i am thinking about picking up a stock reconditioned s50 head from VAC, as mine needs a valve job and my local machine shop wants $750, and VAC wants $899 for the head... also thinking about some high performance parts from VAC...

so are their parts known to be good quality and worth the money, or am i wasting my time? thanks for any info.

[trent]

vac is a good shop

[FredK]

Of course! VAC is one of the best machine shops out there. They have a Serdi machine to cut the valve seats. I was going to go all out on an S50 build and I even bought a VAC Stg 1 head, but alas the project sputtered to a halt.

[whiltebeitel]

vac is a good shop

+1. I'm working at a shop that preps lots of cars in the area (Houston, Dallas, etc.) and they use VAC.

[Mtriple]

Tony is the shit! I've had nothing but good experiences with VAC. They did the "stage 1" upgrade on my S50 head and did a great job.

[Van Westervelt]

Of course! VAC is one of the best machine shops out there. They have a Serdi machine to cut the valve seats. I was going to go all out on an S50 build and I even bought a VAC Stg 1 head, but alas the project sputtered to a halt.

what did you do with the head?

[PiercedE30]

VAC rocks.

[matt]

I have never done business with them, but based off the fact that they had the hottest girl at PRI in their booth, they get a thumbs up.

[FredK]

what did you do with the head?

Nothing yet. It had a cam hit one side of it during shipping, so I'll need to get it inspected by a machine shop or something to make sure there's no damage.

[PeaveyBassist]

VAC is definitely a good shop. Dont hesitate for one second on doing business with them.

Will

[BimmerToad]

Tony is the shit! I've had nothing but good experiences with VAC. They did the "stage 1" upgrade on my S50 head and did a great job.

Did they ever give you flow bench results before and after the porting? Any mention of gains (power or flow) with the stage 1 job?

[Beej '86 325es]

Good place. They use all of the products they sell. The place that built my engine bought the CP pistons and Schrick cams through them.

[golde30]

s50 head does NOT have dual valve springs OEM rite? i been staring at the titanium dual valve springs from VAC forever...

[FredK]

nope, single conical valve springs

[trent]

I had a dual valve spring setup made for my car....ha ha ha