[s-cars] Want to do some head work.

[Robert Myers]

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Gee...  I thought he was wanting to repair his 
bathroom.  ;-)  Uh...  Alzheimer's?

Bob


At 08:23 PM 5/7/2011, djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
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>  Just do a good valve job.  IMO, doing more than that is just a 
> waste of money.  With a stock head and a standard valve job, I was 
> easily able to get over 440whp out of my engine with some different 
> tuning and a bigger turbo.
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>In other words, I don't believe that the head in the "constraint" in 
>your power goals.  With RS2 components, you may reach about 325whp, 
>well short of a figure where the head could be considered the limiting factor.
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>Dave
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Phillips <gcmschemist at gmail.com>
>To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Sat, May 7, 2011 2:44 pm
>Subject: [s-cars] Want to do some head work.
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>Boyz,
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>After slowly gathering my parts and pieces, I am nearly ready to put
>on my RS2 stuff.
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>But before I do, I want to do stuff like replace the valve stem seals
>and guides, possibly the lifters, and other stuff "while I'm there" -
>stuff like timing belt, water pump - all the really great stuff that
>will need to be done anyway, but might as well do it all at once.
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>I have heard that folks sometimes port and polish the head to get that
>extra few percent, and I'm wondering if it is worth it for just an RS2
>build, or just stick with refreshing the head and skipping the machine
>work.  I also have heard that giving the valves and seats a fresh
>lapping helps keep things nice and tight.
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>Peanut gallery comments aside, give me the straight poop on porting -
>worth the money (plus shipping) or not?  Lapping/grinding valves and
>seats?
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>If so, I need to know of a shop that can do the stuff with the care
>required - no hack-jobs wanted.  Careful work done by experienced
>professionals.
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>Thanks,
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>Eric
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