Technical options.
 

Having found out that to repair the headgaskets and skim the heads is going to be between £600-£800 im thinking about bying a set of 2nd hand heads. Which ones would be best to go for? Could i run STI heads on my car? Also which version if so?

Just exploring options for the cheapest fix at the minute:thumb:

how much :eek: your having a joke at that price :lol1: the place i used only cost £20 a head and their local to me and know their stuff

you can also get cometic gaskets for £120 plus or standard head gasket full kit for the whole job for £60 - 80 so the labour charge must be fantistic who ever quoted that :brickwall

the heads you have are good and can see up to 400 bhp,they are the same castings as the sti just not the same cams or buckets and valves etc..
the only advantage i can see it that the sti heads will rev slightly higher and will not spit a shim out under high rpm

some people run sti cams with the wrx/ uk buckets but not sure if they need to be mapped to suit not sure tho

im sure a mild polish and port of your heads to remove cast marks etc.. will be all you need and this is an easy job as long as its just mild and can be done with a dremil

was that a garage that quoted you that calv ??

Just what i was told in the general section Lee. Rough price for a repair. Seriously think im going to have to strip it and sell up though:(

i can give you a hand if you like mate or im sure some of us can all lend a little hand to get it sorted mate

I have a sey of STI ra V1 or 2 if they are of any use.

As Lee said it won't cost anywhere near that to repair. I don't mind giving you a hand.

If you guide me Dyl can we attack it one night? Will try and get the heads up to Lee then and get them skimmed:thumb:

I can drop the heads off for you if you want Calvin, I can't offer any practical help though. :)

Did someone say "polish" :D

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Thanks Ty:thumb: Im useless at the practical too,hope Dylan will teach me well:norty:

i will check just to see if thats still the price they charge as you know what it's like with these places plus it was over a year ago so will give them a ring but positive its around 20 pounds a head, i had heads skimmed with them when i had my 5 turbos too and done a great job

would you like me to give them a polish and knife edge ? not as much as i did mine tho as they took me a week to do lol, i could take casting marks out and polish exhaust ports and also knife edge inlet port remove cast marks and give a smooth but not polished surface as you cant polish inlet as you need it alittle rough to mix air and petrol

let me know either way and it's just a thought

Yeah that would be good Lee:notworthy Are there any advantages of doing that?