ditto on the air file and I was going to ask about clearancing those
air passages like that by removing the extra casting material...
I continue to be amazed that Mark has time to not only buy, build, crash
and re-build but also track down esoteric forums on VW heads. I would
guess Mark doesn't get much sleep.
Thanks to the link I've discovered a new tool - an "air file". I don't
need one but do enjoy buying stuff I don't ne
gosh I wish there were a "settled" solution, after all these years it
still seems like "trying things" and owen's thought on "rebuilding
every 300 hours" I took to mean the top end, and in particular it
seems to me that temperature is the killer.
with such a tight thermal margin as Mark mentions 4
There's a photo comparison of the "Chinese" heads at
http://sbeaver.com/cgi-bin/fournier/cutecast.pl?session=2EW3tGIDH3wRUhpa0YWijyN56D&forum=13&thread=707,
as well as a link to the HOT VWs pages with more comparisons.
Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
ML "at" N56ML.com
www.N56ML.com
To add to the insightful post that Owen Hughes (SVD) wrote yesterday day
on VWs, I would avoid the Mofoco heads. The photos show lots of fins,
and that's great, but what they are lacking is cooling air passages, I
mean almost nothing. If the air's not flowing through the fins, they're
going to ru
Tommy Waymack wrote:
> Pulled my VW heads with low compression. Discovered crack between the
>valve
> seats at the shortest point. My question is, does anyone repair them?Or
are
> they junk? I know this is a common problem, but it's my first time
I wrote this out as an email, but I've been meanin
Hi Tommy,
I was upgrading my 1835 cc (92mm) hapi engine to have dual plugs and larger
valves and ran into delivery problems with 3 suppliers.
I finally got a set from Great Plains but then got billed for heads from a
custom VW aftermarket shop MOFOCO.com when they delivered late. They are
the
Tommy,
I had a set which showed the same compression issue and had cracks. I had them
reconditioned by a local engine shop. They said the cracks we common in VW
heads and not a huge issue. They only lasted another 100 hours before the
compression dropped again and I had them replaced with new.
And you all can send those cracked heads to me ; )
Jeff Lange
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 20, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Brant Hollensbe via KRnet list.krnet.org> wrote:
>
>
> is,does anyone repair them?Or are
> they junk?>
>
> There is no telling how deep that crack between the intake and exhaust
Saw a brand new one yesterday wow it looked nice. Wish they made new
corvair heads.
On Apr 20, 2016 3:20 PM, "Tommy Waymack via KRnet"
wrote:
> Pulled my VW heads with low compression. Discovered crack between the valve
> seats at the shortest point.My question is,does anyone repair them?Or are
>
There is no telling how deep that crack between the intake and exhaust valves.
It's time for a new cylinder head.
Brant Hollensbe
DSM
Pulled my VW heads with low compression. Discovered crack between the valve
seats at the shortest point.My question is,does anyone repair them?Or are
they junk?I know this is a common problem,but it's my first time.Tommy W.
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Subject: KR> VW Cylinder heads
> "I accidently deleted your picture of the VW cylinder heads. Could you
please send it to me again.
Cheers, Alan T, Australia."
Will do Alan. Let me do some looking and I'll get them off to you at:
Alan.c.Taylor
> "I accidently deleted your picture of the VW cylinder heads. Could you
please send it to me again.
Cheers, Alan T, Australia."
Will do Alan. Let me do some looking and I'll get them off to you at:
Alan.c.Taylor at Bigpond.com
Mike
KSEE
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