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 Post subject: parts for perf head rebuild
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:59 pm 
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hey all

captain indecisive has made (finally) a decision! :P the head on the tickford engine will be cleaned up, and the entire engine will be dropped into my car. i realise there are a few head-related threads but i'm looking for some specific answers without hijacking someone elses thread!

so far the list includes:

-vernier gear
-surecam (street warrior)
-new head gasket & bolts
-new valve springs (heavy-duty ones)

so questions are

-should i go AU or ACL race gasket
-just the crow valve springs? what $$$?
-what other timing-related issues should i be wary of and/or changing, and what $$$?

cheers! :)

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:26 pm 
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uglybob wrote:
hey all

captain indecisive has made (finally) a decision! :P the head on the tickford engine will be cleaned up, and the entire engine will be dropped into my car. i realise there are a few head-related threads but i'm looking for some specific answers without hijacking someone elses thread!

so far the list includes:

-vernier gear
-surecam (street warrior)
-new head gasket & bolts
-new valve springs (heavy-duty ones)

so questions are

-should i go AU or ACL race gasket
-just the crow valve springs? what $$$?
-what other timing-related issues should i be wary of and/or changing, and what $$$?

cheers! :)


id use the AU head gasket.
and get the valve springs from surecam
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:34 pm 
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get the AU head gaskets - I say that as someone whose just fitted the ACL Race Series headgasket! The race series head gasket is just a fancy looking normal ACL head gasket (I can't see any difference besides colour and it says Race Series on it - which you can't see once the heads on lol).
Personally I'm anti-Crow (due to them f**k us around when we were doing the Valiant) so I'd look at other valve springs.

As for timing related matters only think that springs to mind is the timing chain tensioner as that's what gave me trouble!
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:51 pm 
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okies - the list so far:

-AU head gasket ($60 or so?)
-ACL head bolts? or AU ones?
-surecam street warrior - $300
-vernier gear - $120
-Surecam valve springs - $220

please add to this list! :)

 

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 Post subject: Re: parts for perf head rebuild
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:58 pm 
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uglybob wrote:
hey all

captain indecisive has made (finally) a decision! :P the head on the tickford engine will be cleaned up, and the entire engine will be dropped into my car. i realise there are a few head-related threads but i'm looking for some specific answers without hijacking someone elses thread!

so far the list includes:

-vernier gear
-surecam (street warrior)
-new head gasket & bolts
-new valve springs (heavy-duty ones)

so questions are

-should i go AU or ACL race gasket
-just the crow valve springs? what $$$?
-what other timing-related issues should i be wary of and/or changing, and what $$$?

cheers! :)

with the surecam {street warrior} I think you gonna need a chip or aftermarket ecu to run it properly.

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:00 pm 
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i've a unichip & XR ECU to control that side of things :wink:

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:25 pm 
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uglybob, the head bolts won't make of break it, just get them from a decent source/brand. Nason I think also do them and there good.
When I was quoted on genuine AU head gasket they said $80.00ish.
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:41 pm 
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uglybob wrote:
i've a unichip & XR ECU to control that side of things :wink:


cool!

new timing chain.

DIY: some basic porting work maybe. get rid of all the casting bumps, marks & ridges on the port floors. smooth out the sharp edges around the valve guide bosses. port match intake port with the BBM. send it in to the pros to finish it of with a multi angle valve job & abit of tidying up. theres a savings of $400 to $700 which you could put towards other things.

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:41 pm 
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Surecam Street Warrior = $450

 

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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:50 pm 
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Was gonna say port and polish but alreaqdy been said also definatley get the multi angle valve grind as said above. Boy does that make a difference,

 

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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:45 am 
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South wrote:
Surecam Street Warrior = $450


getting it off a mate for $300

 

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