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<x-charset iso-8859-1>P.A. I went to serveral machine shops that did not want to touch my MOFOCO head with a ten foot pole, including Don. Don's place at The Bug Patch machine shop. He told me that he had 2 big valve Mexican heads . I just wanted one but he was working on them and could only sell the pair. I asked for a Mexican bone stock head but he had none and it would take a few days to get them. He offered me Autolinea's stock and Autolinea's CB brand head too, I declined , my little internet research found people with some serious problems with CB's (breaking valve stems, loose seats, loose valve guides etc) but not as bad as MOFOCO. He told me that I could go to the VW dealership in Tijuana for a quicker solution .I needed a head before the weekend and I let him know what I decide. I went down into Mexico for lunch today and mosyed down to the nearest VW dealership and requested a VW head. They pulled their 1600 EFI version from the shelf and placed it in front of me . The head had 043 and VW casted on it , it looked like the best of the stock casting I ever saw. I asked why the head was bare, they told me that was the only way they sell them and that Americans always come down to the factory outlets to buy a bunch of bare heads anyhow. Heads are sold separately from the valves springs etc... People who want high performance heads buy these , cut them open and place big valves in them. The dealership told me that they have never seen a cracked head in their service shop, melted from a fire yes or burned due to a loose head but the stock VW 043 with cracks would be odd. They probably all say that.... I think that all of those Mexican heads that make it to the states come from mysterious vendors that buy the common bare 043 heads from the underground factory outlets then they are cut open for bigger valves , that is why some heads paperwork say made in Mexico and assembled in the USA. www.oldvolks.com and the The Bug Patch ( Don's shop) in San Diego have tested and use these heads, they get them from a wherehouse that gets them from a mysterious vendor. I guess that is why you have had luck with these heads, because they are VW factory made. The vendor that sells the original bare VW 043 off the internet for 99 dollars but they used to be around 73 bucks a few years ago is www.btlmex.com . Buy it and use it with the valves they sell (you got to ask them for the valves, sold separately) or open them up like Don at The Bug Patch does it. I will let you know how it works out. LEON MARTINEZ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>