Re: [T3] Running on 3

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 17 May 2004 at 19:35, Jason Weigel wrote:

> Hope your heads arnt cracked between the valves. If they are then you will
> pay full for rebuilds. If not then they are good cores to the shop. I see SP
> heads on ebay for less than $100 all the time so dont sweat it.

I strongly recommend that no one should EVER turn in their heads for rebuilt 
heads on an exchange basis. If your heads are rebuildable, get them rebuilt 
locally (or send them to RIMCO.) If they are not rebuildable, buy good quality 
new heads.

Here's why: If you buy rebuilt heads, you'll get a pair of random heads, that 
may or may not be matched to each other or to your engine. There are MANY 
variables in heads, combustion chamber volume is just one example, and once 
your OE heads have gone back as cores they are lost to you forever. It may be 
hard for you to find a matched pair that is correct for you.

In addition, with a rebuilt head you are likely to get a head that the previous 
owner considered not worth rebuilding. Certainly the odds are that it will be a 
good head now, but why take a chance.

There are many places which can rebuild YOUR heads for you locally. Find and 
cultivate a relationship with a local machine shop and let them do the work. If 
all they want to talk about are all the HP work they do on big US V-8s find 
another place. If you can't find a good place locally, check out what RIMCO can 
do for you.

I  even have a few genuine VW OE SP heads here that I'd be pleased to sell for 
cheap, if someone needs a good rebuildable core.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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