It's not worth totally trashing the motor is that head really lets go. I'd put the other head on the car...
-josh --- [email protected] wrote: > So here's the story: > > My '91 GTI 16V started running rough, I thought it > was plug wires - > everything else checked out fine. Then, the car > starts running on two cylinders - I > have it towed home. I pull it apart and find that > my euro intake cam broke in > half. Yes, I'm not joking. Two of the cam > bearing studhole's threads gave > up, and two studs broke off into the head. This > was a head I had bought > used when in a pinch, and I was aware that some of > the threads in the studholes > were partially stripped. I had one helicoiled, and > the other seemed good > enough. Boy was I wrong. > This was over a month ago. I was aggravated so > I've been driving my > friend's miata since. > Yesterday, I inspected the head and surprisingly, > all the cam bearing > surfaces look fine. Keep in mind that this is a > stage II ported head. Some of > the best hp/$ I've gotten out of this car. > I also have a perfectly good stock 1.8 head with low > miles sitting in the > garage. > This car is officially relegated to > weekends/roadracing. My new car should > be here soon. > > What would you guys do? Helicoil the ported head > and keep using it, or > stick the stock 1.8 unported head on there? > > Alex. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
