Hey guys long time no post.

Well yours truly has finally suffered the infamous 2.6 head cracking curse. Ever notice there is never really a "good time" to wreck your engine?

Anywho, I am looking at two completely different options to get my Amigo roadworthy again.

1. New (aka remaned) engine for around 2500 clams. Pros- it's "new" and would have a decent warrenty. Cons- 2500 clams! OUCH!

2. New head and bottom end rebuild kit. Cons- will only work if the block is still in decent shape, finding quality parts for a fair price, getting all the new parts and old parts to get along and play well together. Pros- I can take the time to work over the head, cam, manifold, and various other bits, and extract a few more hamsters from the lot.

Now obviously everyone here is quite familiar with AMC, but does anyone have any experience with RPM out of Sandy, Utah? Ron (the owner) seems to be pretty knowledgeable, and easy to work with (think JoeD). Granted $732 for a new head is spendy, but this is a COMPLETE head. IE, valves, springs, guides, cam, rockers, etc. Literaly a swap-out and swap-in affair. In addition, he is (or sounded) adement about using only the highest quality castings that have been properly heat treated. Furthermore he sells complete bottom-end rebuild kits that feature only Topline (a company) parts; for around $500.

So has anyone here had any experience in dealing with RPM (Ron's Precision Machine, rather catchy name!)

Does anyone have any further advise (excluding Michael Clark and JasonB, cause my mom always told me not to accept candy from strangers wearing gruby trench coats <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" /> ) a spare WORKING head they'd want to sell (someone might have one laying around, Bueller, Bueller, Bueller?), comments, etc.

Thanks guys, and it's good to be back!

Travis