whats the going rate

[bainyboy sr]

whats the going rate for a coscast xe head?

[Adam]

Too much lol
£200+

[Wazza024]

I paid £350 for a complete coscast head off a running turbo with all the cams, lifters etc just depends how much you want to pay. I have an old coscast head here that come off my turbo.

[Andy]

mug!
No better than a gm head.Paying for the name,nothing else

[bainyboy sr]

ive got one spare to sell with all the valves and lifters minus the cams so looking for a price for it just wonderd whats its worth

[Wazza024]

To be fair wished i just bought a gm head rather than coscast but to late now! would of been cheaper.

[Andy]

These sort of threads quickly disappear.Search completed listings on the bay?

[bainyboy sr]

theres feck all on the bay price wise hence the reason

[Plug]

TBH i dont see why they go for stupid money .

How much does the porous mod cost to do ? (not sure whats even done lol)

I also have a complete coscast head off a let collecting dust.

[Andy]

there is,looks as though people have finally woke up to the fact theyre no better!
Porous mod-2 ways-internal and external both reasonably cheap with the internal being cheaper of the 2

[bainyboy sr]

TBH i dont see why they go for stupid money .

How much does the porous mod cost to do ? (not sure whats even done lol)

I also have a complete coscast head off a let collecting dust.


get it sold like am gna do , but was also thinking could it be fitted to my let engine as its off an xe ?

[Alex J]

mug!
No better than a gm head.Paying for the name,nothing elseagree, i use gm heads, and trust me, if its built propley it will last as long, people who know me know how i use the track rat, and its still a good runner after proper thrashing day in day out!!

[bainyboy sr]

agree, i use gm heads, and trust me, if its built propley it will last as long, people who know me know how i use the track rat, and its still a good runner after proper thrashing day in day out!!


this dosent answer the question of what price to sell lol

[Bubba]

if a 20year old head aint porus yet...why worry, ive heard the coscast ones crack anyway

[bazil]

i suppose it depends on where you sell it, on here folk know better and just fix the gm head, on ebay you get the loooooooooooooookkkk a cosycast heid, quick buy it for eleventy thousand pounds, they be muppets willing to buy it there, imo reserve of 200

[John]

Last one i had sold on ebay for £250.

[Lee H]

get it sold like am gna do , but was also thinking could it be fitted to my let engine as its off an xe ?

Yes, heads are the same.

[bainyboy sr]

Yes, heads are the same.

thanks bud

[Andy]

I thought lets and only very early Xe's were the same because of the sodium valves only??

[bainyboy sr]

coscas heads are the early heads are they not ?

[bazil]

coscas heads are the early heads are they not ?

not in all cases, my 20 xe is from a 89 astra gte but not a coscast head,

[Andy]

coscas heads are the early heads are they not ?
no,my astra gte xe was gm,and my cav sri 1993 was coscast,can vary

[bazil]

also heard the first 100 engines built were hormoligation engines and had forged internals and coscast heads?

[John]

A lot of the late dis cavs and callys also had the coscast head.

[Andy]

also heard the first 100 engines built were hormoligation engines and had forged internals and coscast heads?
Early Astra gte xe's had forged internals and the sodium valves as found in the let

[Bubba]

how can u tell if they are forged?

[draper]

how can u tell if they are forged?

signatures dont match :confused: