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Looking for WX head ...



... well rocky, it appears that I have shot myself in the foot!

Last night I decided to run a compression check before doing the water pump
and timing belt.  Cylinders 1,3,4,5 had spec'ed pressure (at the low end,
but the oil was nowhere near the spec'ed temp).  Cylinder #2 had half that
value and the valve clearances were OK and a squirt of oil down the spark
plug hole didn't bring it up ... my suspicion is that somewhere along the
line the injector for #2 popped out (which Tom Nas and I found when we were
getting ready for MH99) and that led to a lean condition that burned a
valve.  I have yet to pull the head to confirm the diagnosis, but I was
hoping to be able to take the car to Laguna Seca next Monday.  

A call to Carlsen told me that rebuilt heads for the WX are NLA.  I can get
a new casting, but I really doubt I'd be able to turn that project around in
time, so I thought I'd check the list to see if there were any leads for
built WX heads.  TIA!

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)