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N/A v. Turbo heads...



audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin) wrote:

> Are there any differences in the basic cylinder head castings used on the
> N/A and turbo I5s?  I'm going to be doing a valve job on my 200q shortly and
> figured it might be possible to minimize downtime if I have the head from my
> wrecked '87 5k done instead (using new valves, etc.) and then swap over the
> cam, etc. from the 200q's head afterwards.

I believe the castings may be the same, but turbos have sodium filled
valves, 
while N/A motors do not.

Yes/no?

Later!

Ken
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