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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: madmax53 on 19 June 2007, 19:28

Title: golf g60 head
Post by: madmax53 on 19 June 2007, 19:28: hi all :smiley:

could anyone please tell me if a golf g60 1.8 8v head is the same as a 1.8 8v gti head?
as i have blown the head on the g60 :sad: and im ment to be racing it soon.

cheers
simon
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: ...joe on 19 June 2007, 21:22: nope different. they'll fit but i believe the g60 one is a bag valve head?
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: madmax53 on 20 June 2007, 22:06: ok cheers for that :wink:
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: topher on 20 June 2007, 22:10: g60 head is heat treated and has sodium valves... pb head wont do the trick.
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: madmax53 on 20 June 2007, 22:18: Quote from: topher on 20 June 2007, 22:10
g60 head is heat treated and has sodium valves... pb head wont do the trick.

what would happen then if i did use one?
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: rubjonny on 21 June 2007, 10:08: G60 has slightly bigger zaust ports I think as well, whereabouts do you live?
Plus the cam in a PB head is all wrong, though you can just fit your old G60 one if its not damaged. What have you done to the old head then?
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: madmax53 on 21 June 2007, 12:37: Quote from: rubjonny on 21 June 2007, 10:08
G60 has slightly bigger zaust ports I think as well, whereabouts do you live?

i live in Guernsey channel islands

Quote from: rubjonny on 21 June 2007, 10:08
Plus the cam in a PB head is all wrong, though you can just fit your old G60 one if its not damaged. What have you done to the old head then?

it's blown a hole from one of the water ways and also eaten some of the head between the two valves.
I can get the head welded , skimmed for Ã‚£200 , but they cant guarantee it as im racing it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/madmaxy/SP_A0121.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/madmaxy/SP_A0119.jpg)

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Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: Mew on 21 June 2007, 12:49: OOh! :shocked:
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: topher on 21 June 2007, 12:53: Quote from: madmax53 on 20 June 2007, 22:18
Quote from: topher on 20 June 2007, 22:10
g60 head is heat treated and has sodium valves... pb head wont do the trick.

what would happen then if i did use one?

your next thread would be entitled

"Help needed extracting valve stems from my liver after they detonated through the cabin"
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: ...joe on 21 June 2007, 22:41: damn!
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: DarnPB on 23 June 2007, 01:30: If these heads are difficult to come by then it may be worth getting that one repaired. I have seen some beautiful repairs on cylinder blocks and heads alike. But you do need to find someone who knows what he is doing. Don't nessesarily think 'at any cost' but don't judge the repairer by price either.
Title: Re: golf g60 head
Post by: madmax53 on 24 June 2007, 10:57: Quote from: Darnpistonbroke on 23 June 2007, 01:30
If these heads are difficult to come by then it may be worth getting that one repaired. I have seen some beautiful repairs on cylinder blocks and heads alike. But you do need to find someone who knows what he is doing. Don't nessesarily think 'at any cost' but don't judge the repairer by price either.

well ive gone down the route of getting it repaired , they are really good at what they do , ive had work done
by them before on gtt5 heads and skyline crank shaft and the work is a1. but the only thing that worries me is that
if this has happened once will it go again :undecided:(lot of money to throw away just to race it round a beach and for it to go bang :rolleyes:), guess only time will tell.