PDI Big boss vs rebuilt Detroit head

Good afternoon everybody!

So I started getting the train chug sound on my motor last week and took the truck to a mechanic near me since my regular mechanic was on vacation. He thought injector #5 was going bad due to zero compression on cylinder #5 and low compression on cylinder #4 so he swapped injector #2 and #5 and the same issues stayed, zero compression on cylinder #5 and now zero on cylinder #4.

My mechanic finally got back yesterday and said the head needs to be replaced so I started doing some research and calling around, Freightliner wants $5,700 for a rebuilt head, plus gaskets and bolts were sitting at $7500 plus labor with a 1 year warranty.

My real question to yall is, do any of you have experience with PDI performance? They have a brand new cylinder head not rebuilt, gasket kit, plus bolts for $6950 out the door plus labor for replacing the head from my mechanic. From talking to their sales rep, he made it seem like its a nice upgrade from the factory head let alone a rebuilt one from Detroit.

What do you guys recommend doing here? Either way I'm gonna spend close to $10K but which option would be the better fit? To me it sounds like the PDI way is the way to go. I've read a lot of guys post on here about PDI performance and swear by them but I've never actually had any interactions with PDI.

I highly appreciate your input and thank you in advance

Link for the head : PDI Big Boss Detroit DD15 Cylinder Head

 

They don’t offer any new heads unfortunately, it’s all rebuilt. I called three different dealers because I’d prefer to get OEM too. If I want new, it seems like the only options I have is PDi or PAI

 

That don’t sound like a good experience at all brotha, makes me double think it

 

I called Houston, San Antonio, and the dreaded Dallas location and they all told me they only sell rebuilt heads with a 12 month warranty