Head Swop

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Full head set inc stem seals and all gaskets needed
Head bolts
Gasket glue for the rocker box to head joint
Cutting paste to recut valves in
and load of work with a dremil to polish the ports
you may need to skim the head if the head gasket has been gone for ages approx ?25

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[Anonymous]

erm, ok, well u say all gaskets needed, so how many gaskets, head gasket. rockerbox to head gasket, any others? Ill polish it up with my dremel yea, and ill haveto see where i cn get the head skimmed, i think is has been gone for a while, always dirty shit in the bottle, and looks like oil, little bit of crud on oil cap everyday.
But htf do i use the cutting paste? Is it self explanetary, or is there a special way of doing it? I aint got a clue with that 1!! hehe
Cheers Mr ste

[Anonymous]

its explained in the vauges (haynes) manual. the kit will cost about ?4 tops from most motorfactors. dont polish the inlet ports much, clean em by all means but dont polish em. but polishing the exhust ports is a good plan

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[Anonymous]

the head set will include all the gaskets needed
rocker cover
head gasket
inlet
exhaust
dizzy o ring
thermostat housing
etc etc etc

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Ok, cool, and im doing the sump+baffle plate gasket 2morrow. So i think there is only the crankcase seal left after that, so no more oil leaks for me!
Any1 got a price for a complete head set?
I've seen 2 advertised, 1 was ?18, another ?49, so i'm thinkin that 1 was performancce(ripoff) or 1 is not complete!

[Anonymous]

Exhaust manifold gasket will be shafted, you will need a torque wrench, new oil and filter, You will need to check the play in the valve guides to see if you need new ones fitting or just the oil seals. As for polishing, the shape is the most important thing, carefully blend the valve seats in to the camber and in to the port (without touching the seat!!) radius the tight side in the port so it is a smoothe path, smoothe round the guide bosses. Don't enlarge the port! Match the exhaust and inlet manifolds to the head so theres no steps. Basically imagine water is flowing through it and you are trying to make it easier for it without creating any turbulance. Another thing that can be done is to mount the inlet valves in a pillar drill (spinning) and use the die grinder to blend the back of the valve in to the seat (carefully, this can also be done to a lesser effect on the exhaust valves, but they need to keep a fair amount of bulk to deal with the heat. I think i've read to many tuning books I'll leave now.:)

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[Anonymous]

Ok, its got a new exhaust gasket anyway, and i did and oil/filter change on saturday!
Its all the messin roun with the vlaves im not sure on!

[Anonymous]

make sure when u take the valves out they go back in the same ports use a bit of card to hold them in the right pattern as for grinding them in i used a cordless drill your looking for a smooth finish slightly grey in colour with no marks at all

[Anonymous]

k, cheers, this all sounds a bit difficult to me, and i suppose if i make a mistake, or fuck 1 up ill be in deap shit and it will be much worse than it is now :(

[Anonymous]

turbulence is a good thing as it helps the mixture burn better

BEng Hons Automotive Electronics Engineering :) worship my electronics skills :D

[Anonymous]

Buy a copy of david visards "theory and practice of cylinder head modification" it has some good tips for doing things yourself, but not to compilcated.

"Theres something missing, I'm not all there, Theres something missing".

[Anonymous]

Get the engineer who skims the head to decoke and recut/reseat the valves for you.
Don't bother with grinding and porting this head as it is a very good design as stnd.and minor work will have little or no effect. Best to just match the manifolds to the head as Paul says.
Send it away to Blydenstein if you want to go faster but it'll costya.

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[Anonymous]

id never use a drill to cut the valves in unless u can get a which goes forwards and back quickly id recomend doin it by hand takes ages but worth it or u can get an engineering place to do um