Mark, I just got my head back from European Motor Works, and the valves only ran me $16 a piece. I can't answer any other ? but your cost per valve was way high. It only cost me $460 to have the head completely gone through and all the exhaust valves replaced.
Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Stanton" <[email protected]> To: "a2 16vGroup" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 7:09 PM Subject: Heads-R-Us > I've got an extra 1.8l head I'm doing a little work to and I've got > questions for those of you who have head experience (OK, no jokes guys > ;-) > > How little valve guide can i get away with? I'd like to grind off > some. My ideal goal is not to enlarge the ports much but I would like > to lessen or entirely remove the blister around the valve guide along > with the part of the valve guide that protrudes into the port, > especially the intake port. I've seen this done by some import > tuners... wonder how much is applicable to my head. It really just > comes down to what the minimum valve guide surface is. > > And the other question is about valve wear. I'm not quite > understanding the Bentley. I'm assuming I'm going to replace the seats > regardless, but I want to avoid replacing the valves at $25i/$30e a > piece. What is the wear limit/spec on valves? If I put in new seats, > is hand lapping enough? > > That's plenty to chew on for now. A HUGE thanks to anyone that can > help with my questions. > > Mark > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
