"Hardened valve guides- - -"

I'm assuming you mean valve seats? I'm not entirely sure that would be necessary, but if you want to factor it into the price of the head rebuild, go ahead. Be sure the shop doiung the head work does a good job of shrink fitting the seats- - -a loosely-fitted one can come adrift and wreck an engine. I like to cut the counterbore for the seat about .0015"-.002" smaller than the seat ring, and freeze the seat in dry ice and alcohol to shrink it before it's driven into place. Heating the head in an oven or with a torch helps enlarge the seat counterbore, also.
Jerry


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