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6/24/03 6:22:54 PM, "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > Aaron Clow wrote: >> isn't VW at all. The right side is, but the one with >> the sensor hole for the FI system is Auto Linea. They >> both cost the same. Anyone ever used these? >> >Berg warns against anything that doesnt have the VW logo on it... and I can >say with personal experience that with a stock setup I had the sinking valve >seat on an aftermarket one several years ago... and they both cracked in >55Kmi or so. >IIRC, Auto Linea is the company that's been doing most of the casting for >VW's aircooled heads and cases for the last several years. They're also >where the new-fangled aluminum T1 cases are coming from. Autolinea makes the heads with the GO1 logo , CB, EMPI and other aftermarket heads that have the combustion cambers reinforced and some have to use tiney motorcycle plugs or 3/4 inch reach plugs. The stock Autolinea is not as well made as the German cast, I have a pile of cracked ones in my Garage. The aftermarket ones with the different logo casted on them are better and stronger but still use the same alloy, in my opinion not as good as the german alloy. The ones I use are new Genuine VW ones, though from Mexico are from the VW factory located next to the New Beetle factory. They cost 125 bucks each from my local vendor in San Diego. These run much cooler and the cast is the most cleanest, many folks down here from the offroad world swear by them, they feature factory 3/4 inch reach plugs holes. LEON MARTINEZ TIJUANA AND SAN DIEGO 1969 SQUAREBACK 1967 FASTBACK 1973 FASTBACK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org