Here is my distant understnading of Alex. He is only using the car at the track on the weekend. HP matters there. The head can be retapped as good as new (probably better) I've never known Alex to do anything partially. He seems to be an all or nothing type of guy.
Alex, if you don't need the car right away, repair it right. If you need it right away, throw the other head on while you repair the head. my $.03 -----Original Message----- From: DocWyte [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 2:12 PM To: John Caldwell Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Re: broken cam, stripped threads - Keep the head? Need your thoughts. John, Considering he has another head on the garage floor that isn't damaged at all and can be installed for nothing, I think that'd be the cheapest route to take. I never suggested he get another head ported. He made it sound like he had two choices, try to get the head fixed, or install the extra one he had. If I were in his shoes, I'd install the one on the garage floor. If the fix isn't done well, or somehow fails, the entire motor can be lunched. Call me crazy, but I'd rather give up a few horsies in the name of reliability. -josh --- John Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote: > If the head is correctly repaired then it should be > better than it was > stock. Helicoils are an ok fix, but a better way to > fix it is thread > inserts. It's basically like a huge helicoil, only > stronger. Instead of > going to the next largest bolt size you have to go > up a few sizes, as the > insert is much thicker. Just like a helicoil you > thread the insert in, and > then put the bolt into that. > > I have a couple of cam cap bolts that are getting > ready to let loose in the > head I have in my car now.. they only held about 8 > ft/lbs the last time I > put some cams in. I think if I was to do another > cam swap on the car they > would pull out completely.. so when I rebuild my > head I'm basically going to > put in these inserts for all 16 of the cam cap > bolts. EZ-lok makes some of > these inserts... hell, they even have models that > you use to repair stripped > head bolts in aircooled VW heads: > http://www.ezlok.com/auto.htm > > I say go for it. Have the RIGHT kind of inserts put > in, and then have the > cam journals align-bored just to be 100% sure. The > head should be perfectly > fine. Even if you don't want to use inserts, welding > and re-tapping the head > would also be just fine. Hell, you probably > wouldn't even have to mill the > head any since you're not heating the side that will > be mating to the block! > > P.S., Josh- I think you're the one with more money > than common sense. > Buying a whole new ported head just because of some > stripped bolt holes is > pretty foolish when the fix would cost around $100. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DocWyte" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 8:34 PM > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Re: broken cam, stripped > threads - Keep the head? > Need your thoughts. > > > > Truly spoken like a man with more money than > sense. > > > > Or no money and no sense. > > > > -josh > > > > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > > > F that... > > > > > > If you liked the power that head made, have it > > > coiled > > > and use it... or welded up and re-drill and > tap. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
