help me reach 100! - update! GTI HEAD BOUGHT!

[Khare]

ummm.... are taking the lump out?

Just the head. Gonna go pick it up in about an hour or two and get work started on it.
Gonna strip it down completly, new seals all round, gonna rebuild the tappets, and port and polish it myself.
I'l be getting it skimmed and while its all in bits i might get it acid dipped so i have a good base to work on.

[Khare]

right. Got the head today, and its very dirty but doesnt look bad. I took exhaust and inlet manifold off and injector railing. also removed the camshaft and tappets (gonna recondition the tappets).
Also got the headgasket kit from GSF, along with front and side water flanges. Gonna be removing the valves and putting new stem seals on there and gonna get the head acid dipped (its covered in a very thick layer of ola oil) and then skimmed (doesnt look tooooo bad, but, when i picked it up, it was in the shead, uncovered, so doesnt look like it was properly kept).
Happy with the buy though and a bargain for £16.
i'l keep you updated and i'l get plenty of picks of the build.

[Khare]

Ive just taken the tappets apart and they are soaking in petrol so i'l have quiet tappets when new head is in.
Had a look at the valves, and inlet valves are nice and clean (im on about the inside of them by the way), but exhasut valves has a very thick layer of some crap. so when valves are out i'l be polishing them nicely.
quick question. How do you remove the injectors?

[danny_p]

once the rail is off you just pull HARD and they come out

[Khare]

once the rail is off you just pull HARD and they come out

cheers mate

[Khare]

won this beauty on ebay
for connecting it to my 1.6 system, what size reducer do i need? is it 50mm to 42mm?

[Jay]

Try get the rest of the zhaust system otherwise imo getting the GTi manifold is a waste mate as the driver system is only going to restrict the air flow and NOT get you where you want 

[Khare]

Try get the rest of the zhaust system otherwise imo getting the GTi manifold is a waste mate as the driver system is only going to restrict the air flow and NOT get you where you want 

ive got a 50mm inlet sports exhasut and pipe that runs over the rear axle. The only bit i would have left from the driver system would be the center silencer, which im thinking of removing anyway, so i might get a 50mm replacement pipe from gsf. Can anyone confirm its 50mm for a gti?

[Khare]

just had a look on GSF site and tehre are two pipes.
21325      SHORT PIPE 42.5mm      G2 1.6 Carb (Without Catalyst) 8/83 >10/91      6.5

and

21330      SHORT PIPE 54.5mm      G2 1.8 8v F.Inj (Not G60) 8/83 >10/91      5.5


im guessing i need the 54.5mm 1.8 8v pipe right?

[Jay]

If you're replacing the entire driver system with the GTi system a pipe from a GTi would be a good idea