Bits and pieces...

[isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk]

> Bare, factory fresh AAN 20v heads are available from Audi dealers for @
> $1800 US.  No valves, no springs, no ancillary fitments (i.e. spark plug
> cover etc. etc.), no cams, no lifters. . . .  . but,

Not here.  Do you have a part number?

The engine I'm working on (practically in my spare time - ha! - because
the guy's on an extreme budget) has been largely destroyed by a foreign
body in #3.  This has hit and ejected #3 plug, ramming it up into the
#3 coil and lifting the cam cover and coil cover.  The bore is scored
but there is little or no damage in other bores - so this is going to
be an experimental rebore of just one cylinder (check out Mahle's
price for oversize AAN pistons) and a head repair.  The only prices
I can get out of Audi are for brand new fully dressed heads - over
$5000.  I haven't stripped the bottom end yet - the sump is still on -
so I don't know the state of #3's bearing shells.  Impacts like these
generally leave flat spots.  Why are upper shells for an AAN so much
more expensive than lower shells?

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 Phil Payne
 UK Audi quattro Owners Club
 Phone +44 7785 302803   Fax: +44 7785 309674