[s-cars] Fw: [urq] Urq, WX, Head Problems, etc.

[Stephen Redford]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Stephen Redford<mailto:shr42 at msn.com> 
To: j.koenig<mailto:koenigj at comcast.net> 
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Urq, WX, Head Problems, etc.




========  John ,  you are right about the mileage thing.   "They" will probably take my Drivers license away by then .   If that is not the case I will try to find a 3B.   http://www.rondavisradiators.com/Radiators.htm<http://www.rondavisradiators.com/Radiators.htm>    He/they  builds a good radiator .   If you call them for info , you can use my name as a reference for Which radiator you are asking about...  I can maybe find the bill ,later , and see if there is a number or just a description to identify it.   The only info I have about how it works is from the dyno pulls.   The shop owner said that no matter what was going on the water temp did not go up.       ..Stephen Redford  '85Urq with Ron Davis Radiator (by the way there is someone on this list who mentioned it in a post about something else and I got Ron Davis name etc. from him.  I have some posts from him but have forgotten his name    ;))  .  P.S. Thanks for the opinion. that is what I am going to do.




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: j.koenig<mailto:koenigj at comcast.net> 
  To: Stephen Redford<mailto:shr42 at msn.com> ; URQ<mailto:urq at audifans.com> 
  Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 7:16 AM
  Subject: Re: [urq] Urq, WX, Head Problems, etc.


  If you rebuild the head you've got, you have a known quality piece.  In my humble opinion, 
  it might come down to how many miles you expect to put on the car when it's done.  Enough 
  that you can reasonably predict you'll wear out the head again?  My guess is: probably 
  not.

  For what it's worth...
  John

  P.S.  What's a Ron Davis radiator?  Contact info.?


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Stephen Redford" <shr42 at msn.com<mailto:shr42 at msn.com>>

  ------ I have been having some work done on my '85urq.   While on the dyno, after parts 
  had been replaced and fab'd, etc. ,  there was detonation..  The engine is now apart. 
  Pistons have been purchased, (Wisco) and the head and block or at the machinist.   The 
  machinist says that the valves and guides are out of tolerance and need replacement . 
  Also , the cam journals are not properly aligned and must be rebored, (approx. extra 
  $190.). The shop mechanic handling everything suggested a new head or equivalent . 
  What would be an equivalent replacement head and approx.  cost to make it fit...?    I am 
  thinking that I would be better off just continuing with the existing head repair, even 
  though the machinist says it might now go thru another  rebuild as it has already been 
  worked on previously.   So the present repair , he suggests , would likely be the last 
  one...   I have already had a front mount intercooler installed , bought a new turbo, had 
  a tube header made, new d
   own pipe, EFI (Megasquirt) and new Ron Davis Radiator, and other related details.   I had 
  thought of getting a 3B engine and having him install it, but that would probably cost a 
  lot more and many or most of the current parts would not fit.    I sure would appreciate 
  some suggestions and "how to's" to make my decision.   Another head might need new valves 
  and guides and new lifters and would cost to ship, from wherever and cost to be 
  disassembled , manifolds might not fit, etc. ,    So I am thinking ;  just repair what I 
  have and get the car on the road.   Thanks in Advance,    Stephen Redford  '85Urq  Seattle