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Date:         Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:29:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Subject:      Re-sealing a cylinder head?  Sure, why not?
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I dunno, Jim, about your statement that you will never get as good a seal as comes from the factory if you remove and replace a head..Maybe on the WBX motor, that might be so, but the inline four..why not? If they can do it once at the factory and it lasts for years and years, why can't it be properly done a second time? I thought, when I did mine, that it was dead-nuts simple! I used every assembly trick known to the auto industry(I hope) and it went right together in about an hour, motor in the van..Well, I half-torqued all the new head bolts in sequence and let them sit overnight and then re-torqued em half way again, then once more around to final specs..A very simple little motor and quite robust, with a good quality new gasket and clean surfaces..I guess I can get a good seal if I use due diligence..We shall see if it lasts another 25 years till the next fool overheats it... Putting a motor into a van and then modifying the body to fit the motor..that seems a bit odd..If you have to 're-create' the interior of the van, why not use something really cool to power it then, like maybe a 944 Porsche Turbo motor, or a Valiant slant-six? Grin...How bout a LT1 Chevy V8? That would get Benny Boy excited...There is a company that sells kits to do that for the 914/911/944 Porsche cars, the V8 Chevy kit.. Don Hanson


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