[urq] Cylinder Head Q

[Pasqualoni, James E]

Suggestion, and please those who know better (ie-all of you) please chime
in, but I replaced my head with a head from a KH motor (2.144 l turbo from
84/85 5k turbo), as it has better flow characteristics than the WX (or so
I'm told).  The head was machined, and all new internals were installed,
then it was an easy (um, relatively) swap.  The parts were inexpensive, the
used head came from Force5, and you can get the internals just about
anywhere.

HTH,
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew B [mailto:andrew.sb at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:58 AM
To: Pasqualoni, James E; urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Cylinder Head Q


If I end up needing a new head, where is a good place to look, and what for?
I would imagine the damage isn't that bad, but I'll probably want to have
the head machined while it's out, and maybe a valve job too, since it's the
best time.  Would a replacement head be an upgrade at all?  It might save a
little bit of panic if it can be fixed just by swapping the head, rather
than rolling the dice and waiting to see what's inside.

-A


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:50:48 -0500, Pasqualoni, James E
<james.pasqualoni at gs.com> wrote:
> You may also want to carefully check for cracks in the head.  Mine was 
> warped and had some hair-line cracks on the side facing the head 
> gasket-yikes!  I replaced my WX head one from a KH.
> 
> HTH,
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On 
> Behalf Of Thatcher Hubbard
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:41 AM
> To: Urq List
> Subject: Re: [urq] Cylinder Head Q
> 
> The cost of having a machine shop deck the head is pretty trivial 
> compared to the time it will take you to get the whole head off the 
> car in the first place.  I had a lot of work done on my head, but I 
> think machining it flat was $60.  If you're not wanting to do a bunch 
> of other stuff while you're in there, do this at a minimum.
> 
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 02:40:30 EST, AudiQtroCp at aol.com 
> <AudiQtroCp at aol.com>
> wrote:
> > If it overheated, its prolly gonna be a head gasket with a side 
> > order of head warpage.
> >
> > Assume the above, its its not true, play the lotto. 
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