[ba] 82 heads vs. 84+ heads

[Michael Heth]

On Sep 17, 2005, at 9:06 PM, Ti Kan wrote:


> The main difference is that an '84 head has hydraulic valve lifters
> whereas the '82 has solid lifters.  The oil paths from the block
> to the head are bigger on the hydraulic models and (I think) there
> are more of them.  There may also be other differences but they
> escape my memory at the moment.
>


Yeah, that might be it. I'll have to check Huw's site to see if he  
has any comments about different heads etc..

I wonder if the 82 would flow enough oil to run the hydraulic lifters  
or there would be problems.

The head I'm thinking about is pretty tempting.

Thanks for the reply.

M./