[urq] Cylinder Head Q

[Thatcher Hubbard]

Chris Semple at Force5 is a good man to talk to when it comes to
parts.  He's helped me out two times, and I've only had my car for
three years.  I thought I was going to have to order new front fenders
from Europe somewhere till I talked to him.

If you are considering having other work done while you are in there,
do it, regardless of whether it's a replacement head or the original
one.  Until I developed an ingition problem, my car ran much better
with a fresh set of valve guides, shimmed tappets and a valve job.


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:08:19 -0500, Pasqualoni, James E
<james.pasqualoni at gs.com> wrote:
> 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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