Head needs a lot of work. What are my options?

[DanMan2k06]

So I took apart my head the other day on my rebuild engine and was pretty disappointed at what I found. No cracks, but everything was out of spec. Deck was warped at .008", guides were worn .004", seats were worn (and look like they had already been ground once), and the exhaust valves were pitted pretty bad. Keep in mind I know nothing about the history of this engine, but by the looks of thing I'm guessing his oil was pretty dirty. LOTS of scuffing on the pistons skirts and all bearings. Crank has to be turned as well...

All of the machine work (for the head) would cost about 500 bones out the door, plus new oversized valves which I haven't even looked into yet.

So what are my options as far as a new or reman'd head goes? It's a '99, which I think is the 0630? I haven't looked at the casting, and all this searching and numbers has my head spinning. Some of the reman'd ones on ebay look pretty sketch....

 

[gradon]

I would get a reman'd 0630 or 7120 for ~$250(J&C or Odessa) or yank one off at my local JY(crazy rays) for $42 and two hours of my time(just stay away from the ones with the neon orange paint, lol). My machinist charges ~$250 for the dip, valve job, and shave, so in some cases it's cheaper and easier to get one sent to you.

 

[Talyn]

It would be cheaper for him to just get a new head. He needs guides, larger valves, valve job, shave, clean... it would be cheaper to get a new head. Try Alabama cylinder head or ebay.

 

[DanMan2k06]

I was actually looking pretty hard at J&C. As long as I'm not gonna get some piece of junk that's had guides knurled and the deck's spec'd at .005 or some crap.

Alabama has theirs listed for $495, which seems pretty steep. A little more than I was looking for.