[urq] Cylinder Head Q

[Brandon Rogers]

Yeah poor Chris pulled a head off a running car for me then when he pressure 
tested it  - it failed.  I felt bad but that's how it goes sometimes.  For 
my job at least.....

Brandon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thatcher Hubbard" <thatcher.hubbard at gmail.com>
To: "Urq List" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Cylinder Head Q


> 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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