Cylinder head - donor needed for '89 100 w/ NF engine

[L DC]

Hi Al, could you please elaborate on that, in
particular on the compression ratio?

Al S wrote:

> Warped heat, which might be milled back to spec or
> flatness. Milling will also increase your
> compression ratio, be careful.

Similar to Dave’s car, I had a heater core hose burst
on my VW Q Syncro, and although I did pull off to the
side of the highway when I saw temp gauge rise and
water vapors come out of the car, the car needed the
head to be milled to flatness.

In the case of my car, I was able to even start the
car after the incident, but pressure built up quite a
bit after 10 minutes of running idle and the water
mixed with oil.

The machine shop charged me $394 to have the head
milled flat. That included a 3* angle valve job and
the replacement of 2 or 3 valve guides, I think. Add
to that new seals including head gasket, EM, IM,
injector O-rings and seats and others and the price
could rise to about $700. That does not include labor
time of course.

So, as Peter points out, getting a known good used
engine might be a more economical choice.

Peter Golledge wrote:

> I have seen whole motors (mainly MC...) going for
> very reasonable money. If there is significant
> damage you might as well just drop a "new" motor 
> in.

Also,

--- John Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:

> If you do decide you need an engine, I've got one
> for you. Took it out of an 
> '86 5k a month or so ago because I needed some of
> the mounting hardware. I'm 
> not interested in ANY of it so you can have the
> engine, CIS, trans, as 
> little or as much non-turbo related stuff as you
> want (whole car even, I'd 
> slap the engine back in with minimal mounting
> hardware). Not looking to make 
> a mint off it either, just let me know if you want
> it after you check out 
> your head and block, how much stuff you want, and
> what you think is a fair 
> price. I'm near Greensboro, NC, no clue as to what
> shipping would be, but 
> I'd doubt just the engine would be a whole lot
> cheaper then the whole car.
> 
> -Cody Forbes
> http://www.5000tq.com
> '86 5k noT noQ
> '86 5k noT noQ - Parting Out
> '87 5ktq
> '87 5ktq - Fast. Really Fast. 
> 
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