Who are they and why can't we comment on what they claim to be performance head work?
Edited as I've realised they're in the Traders Offers bit and no-one can comment in there..
I wouldn't comment on their performance headwork as I'm sure others can see the pictures?!
[Edited on 24/3/12 by owelly]
hmmmmm
I had some flow questions to ask!
Photos cause me some concern, some are done at home, some in a studio with professional lighting and some look omputer generated, not a consistent
approach, if you had money for a professional job why do some at home?
Haven't tried yet but may see if I can extract the metadata from the image, that would tell me who's photos they are and where they came
from.
Contact after 6pm hmmm
Works on Lamborghini heads!!!
I smell bull excrement
I usually judge a business by the workshop and the tools.
Apart from lightening flywheel all the tools that are required for that work are dremmal/ die grinder polisher.
I just think you are all a bunch of sceptics. To me the guy/outfit is trying to up their work has had a go at web pages, seems to have done a lot of
the old fashioned stuff by hand and not on a machine by CNC.
To me growing from a small workshop.
Most of what I see in his pictures , or the reasoning is in the Graham bell book I have or certainly the concept of it.
I wish them good luck for having a go and trying to make it.
Adrian
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Originally posted by AdrianH
I just think you are all a bunch of sceptics. To me the guy/outfit is trying to up their work has had a go at web pages, seems to have done a lot of the old fashioned stuff by hand and not on a machine by CNC.
To me growing from a small workshop.
Most of what I see in his pictures , or the reasoning is in the Graham bell book I have or certainly the concept of it.
I wish them good luck for having a go and trying to make it.
Adrian
this whole country was built in a shed i fail to see a problem
I would have expected a better attitude from a bunch of guys doing the same thing, no idea on how good this guys work is as i have no personal
experience, but everyone deserves at the very least a chance.
What has he done wrong, am I missing smething?
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Originally posted by ReMan
What has he done wrong, am I missing smething?
Aye, give the fella a chance.. pics look impressive to me!
I get the impression that some are questioning examples of the fella's work... but no-one has actually said what the problem is!? Any of the early commentators care to expand (only fair IMHO if you're publicly casting aspersions on someones livelihood!).
I certainly don't wish to slag off anyone trying to run a business, but £300 is very cheap for a well ported 16v head. I have to wonder if the heads have ever seen a flowbench.
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Originally posted by snapper
Contact after 6pm hmmm
Works on Lamborghini heads!!!
I smell bull excrement
If I was looking for some head work to be done I'd probably drop in to them for a look
I spoke to this guy the other day - you phone up, he calls you back in the evening. I get the impression that he's a busy bloke.
Also, it doesn't take much googling to see that he has a massive presence on at least two other car forums and that he regularly does multibuy
offers. I guess his overheads are lower as he is a smaller business.
Flowbenched or not, I suspect he has ported many heads over the years and that's good enough for me.
Either way, I'm in on the multibuy, the engine is out this weekend I hope. Fingers crossed two other people are in on it too.
http://audisrs.com/archive/how-to-diy-gasflow-port+-polish-a-cylinder-head__o_t__t_15304.html
Looks top work to me!
Hi to all
A.L.D is a very small company that was set up by me and a friend years ago, This is not a full time job for me hence why i ask for people to call
after 6pm if they want to have a word but if they are happy to email then i will always get back to you. I do work from home in a little workshop and
i do lots of work in a friends CNC machine shop. Working with metal, welding, cutting, grinding ect your workshop does get dirty so it does show up in
photos.
Some of the photos you have seen were done by pros as the parts were used in Redline, Fast ford and Performance Ford mags
I have done work for Rob at Redline ( RS2000 ), Danny's ( Mk1 Fiesta ) and Dan ( S2 Escort Turbo ) of Performance Ford. You will see there
progress in the back of the mag also no computer generated photo's. Just some photo's done with different camera's and what people have
sent me.
As for head work i don't have a flowbench thats my own but i can borrow one when i do need one, A flowbench is never used on all heads i do as
once you find out want needs to be done you keep the measurements and use them on the next head you work on. If every head specialist flow tested
every head he did then they would never get any work done as the time taken to set up a flowbench for a head can take a long time.
As for the comment on the lambo heads you need to read it as i have yet to do them. The owner was in talks about it and i was saying to him why
bother? that was a few years ago and he still hasn't had them done but yes i have made a few small simple things for his car, nothing big but he
has now become a good friend that work near by.
Yes i can do head work for as little as £300, Not all zetec head look like the one in the pictures as that one is a higher spec one with lots more
work to stop carbon build up etc, very little gains from the combustion chamber been polished.
As for the site yes its not the best and still needs a lot of work but its just finding time to do it
I have done lots of work for people on the XRtwo.com mainly cylinder head work and all have been happy with the work thats been done and the dyno
results they got
Fair play to you fella, good to see someone offering a good service at a reasonable price 
I was a bit sceptical at first when I saw the level of polishing put into some of the work and thought this might be done to 'blind' the
average punter. But then I noticed it was mainly done on the exhaust side, presumably to lessen the carbon build up? Looks like good work to me and
I'd be surprised if it doesn't produce very decent results. Do you have any back to back examples of power runs where just head work was
done? It might help to persuade any doubters 
I did a pair of V6 Camry heads last year before putting the engine in my MR2. I know how time consuming it can be to try and finish heads to a decent
level, so hats off to you.
@ALD
Also, well done for putting a post up on a thread where you're being slagged off without getting into a slagging match and keeping it clean.
I've nothing to comment on whether your work is good or bad, or whether you're prices are good or bad as I've not looked and won't
due to not needing any work done myself. Just thought I'd say fair play to you...
I assume that since you are advertising in the Traders Offers Section that you have joined as a Trader and paid the small fees to advertise on this
site?
[Edited on 25/3/12 by Steve Hignett]
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Originally posted by Steve Hignett
@ALD
Also, well done for putting a post up on a thread where you're being slagged off without getting into a slagging match and keeping it clean.
I've nothing to comment on whether your work is good or bad, or whether you're prices are good or bad as I've not looked and won't due to not needing any work done myself. Just thought I'd say fair play to you...
If I might just add to this.
The guys behind DJ Racecars started out doing at between full time day jobs.
It doesn't mean you shouldn't be taken seriously.
Many people work this way.
Here's DJ's latest output, just an as example.
Not bad for part timers.
Another well done to ALD from me.
As someone who is also starting a small business I know it's not easy to do everything as well as the established names immediately.
What ALD has done is to reply and reply well to those who had chosen to knock him.
And he's got lots of positive press as a result.
Well done fella.
Mike
thats one low car 
Ok guys this was one of my old projects that unfortunate was unfinished
The engine was put on a engine dyno and made 262bhp but i wasn't happy with that so it was stripped down. I redid the head with more port work, a
custom angled inlet that was made before Jenvery made one, 8 injectors, DTA S60 pro ECU, Modified Titan dry sump and custom cams.
The new engine was never dyno'd by me as i found the shell of the car was rotten, I looked for a new shell but after looking high and low no
shell was up to the job. At the same time I had work related problems and went down to 20 hours a week but at the same time I started doing more hours
at A.L.D. Due to these problems the project was scrapped and lots of parts were sold on and money went into the bank.
The engine was sold to a lad in Germany and was told last year that it made 303bhp on a engine dyno ( still waiting for the dyno plot ) and the shell
went to the scrap yard.
A year went by and worked picked up in both jobs so with a spare £5k in the back i wanted a new project and got myself a 1999 Audi S3. This is when
problems started over again when the oil pump failed and distorted the engine. The engine was rebuild using a mix of VW/Audi parts, The block was
bored out and a stroker crank added taking the 1.8t to 2.1t and lots of other modifications to cope inc new forged pistons and rods, performance
valves and uprated springs, big intercooler, Haldex controller, Billet flywheel, 4 paddle unsprung clutch, Custom inlet manifold and bigger throttle
body. The small turbo couldn't cope with extra flow of the engine and the ported large port AEB head so a bigger turbo was needed so a GTX3076r
and a Kit from CTS overseas
The S3 has just got a base map on it with it only running 10psi its making 300bhp. As my S3 is a early one it comes with a narrowband ecu so a
wideband conversion will be done for a better and safer setup when all done we hope to see 550-600bhp
I've also done work for this lad
I did the head work and made his adjustable track control arms
http://xrtwo.speedcentral.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=90272
Not bad for a Mk2 Fiesta with over 400bhp
Ok, perhaps I should have worded my post differently I have no axe to grind against ALD I just wanted to ask why everything was so shiny?...... I
used to build engines for a company that seriously reworked Landrover heads for off road rallying and they would never have sent out anything so
polished because it destroys flow......looks good when you get it but everything I've ever learned/been told says it's the wrong thing to
do.......couldn't ask the question as to why they do it so I started this topic and as I say probably worded it wrong. Sorry and all that! but
(and I am genuinely interested)........why is everything mirror polished? have you found it flows better?
[Edited on 25/3/12 by D Beddows]
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Originally posted by D Beddows
Ok, perhaps I should have worded my post differently
[Edited on 25/3/12 by D Beddows]
Fair enough, a great answer actually! where I'm coming from is that any monkey with a die grinder and a flap wheel can 'port' cylinder
heads and and if it's all really shiny an awful lot of people on internet car forums will think it's the dogs b*llocks when it's
actually not...... best of luck with it all
See...... I wasn't discouraging new enterprise, I had a genuine concern - wasn't allowed to express it but in starting this topic I've
possibly generated more business for ALD so 
Not a problem
Thank you for giving me time to explain
As a regular over on Xrtwo.com I've seen Andrews work on various project threads and feedback has always been very positive, Welcome to locost builders ALD! :-)
Thanks Dan
If I ever get around to doing the 1.8 Zetec i would love to try going for ported head with higher cams etc, but alas! it will be a while.
Nice dig out Mr Beddows, Dave? How's the MX5 doing and ready for another PASA run out?
Adrian
Well done for getting out there and providing a service, you seem to have adopted a good approach and have responded to the criticism here with integrity. All the best for the future.
Thank you all
I hope I can provide a good service to people on here
Some one asked about ported and polished head prices
Yes I can do 16v heads for £300 ina group buy and that inc p&p back to you
This deal needs 3 or more for it to work plus I need to know what head you want doing as I will have to look in my files for port sizes etc
I also have speced head details from other head tuners so please ask
When I'm not doing deals 16v heads are done for £400
I have done BMW heads, vag 20v turbo heads, ford cvh, zetec, cosworth, MG170, MX5's 1.6 & 1.8 heads and many more all with good reported
power increases
Head arrived today, many thanks Andrew, it looks good. Great price too.
Hopefully it'll be up and running in the next week. Donington track day on 14th looms large...
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Originally posted by Fizzer
Head arrived today, many thanks Andrew, it looks good. Great price too.
Hopefully it'll be up and running in the next week. Donington track day on 14th looms large...
Quick update to an old thread...
Donington track day went well, engine was pulling well.
FINALLY got to the rolling road yesterday so I have some figures to show.
Peak power before the upgrade was 177 (crank)
with the ported head & larger chokes (up from 36 to 40) peak power is now 195
That's a gain of 18hp for £300 + gaskets, oil, chokes and a couple of jets to suit.
bargain!
Thats one very good gain