[urq] RE: In need of an MC head, and another question

[Beatty, Robert]

well this was all mentioned late last year or early this year by phil payne
out in the UK and he was trying to figure out if they were rebuilding the
heads or just providing new ones...

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael S. Williams [mailto:mike at borderlinemotorsports.com]
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 4:29 PM
To: Beatty, Robert; urq at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] RE: In need of an MC head, and another question


At 7:45 AM -0400 8/10/01, Beatty, Robert wrote:
>Mike,
>
>Complete heads from AoA are about 500$ and thats either brand new or fully
>rebuilt.
>

hmm...interesting, last time i made a call, they wanted 1400 for 
it.... Looks like i should make another one.

Also, to clarify:  I know that cracks between the valve seats are 
acceptable per bentley, and i know that i could get it rebuilt for 
less than $895, however, the head from blau seems to have a very nice 
performance rebuild done, including 40mm valves, 5-angle valve grind, 
ported and polished, new race-type valve springs, new guides, new 
studs, new lifters, etc etc....  BUT, they also state on the site 
that in order to use one's old head as a core, it must be free of all 
cracks.......otherwise their head costs 1295.  Since i know that i 
could easily buy a used one from one of you guys for alot less than 
400 dollars, that is where my motivation comes from for this.....

SO, that seems like a killer deal to me...of course, if anyone has 
had a negative experience with this particular option, i would like 
to hear about it.
-- 
Michael Sheridan Williams
Borderline Motorsports
Co-Owner/Publicist
San Francisco, CA
http://www.borderlinemotorsports.com