Speedmaster intake porting. Hopefully I can make something out of this

pittsburghracer said

I never charged over 750.00 for heads and intake (including valve job and flow testing at least before and after) but that’s probably why I quit porting heads for customers. The final stray was seeing a casting crack on a set of small block Ford heads on the floor. It ended up being nothing but still had to be magnifluxed. I had a lot of satisfied customers and still get calls and requests but I’m to slow to make any money doing this stuff. I wish my son had an interest in learning how to do this crap as he could use the extra money. He an on the road mechanic fixing fork trucks so he has mechanical abilities. Ohhhhh well.

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LOL...you work too cheap. When the shop rate is 100 bucks an hour and that is just working for wages because you’re lucking if you get paid for 75% of your billable hours.

That’s how you go broke.

Of course, working from a home shop reduces the hourly rate. When you add up paper rolls, burrs, wax, ATF or WD-40, wear on the grinder, running the lights and compressor, cleaning the crap up when you are done, gloves, laundry...I’m forgetting some stuff...cleaning chemicals...it all adds up.

My wife has about 60 hours in one report. She will make about 7 dollars an hour when she gets paid. I’ve told her you can’t write a 335 page report for that kind of money. Lawyers don’t work that cheap. CPS doesn’t work that cheap. But it keeps her busy and happy so it is what it is.