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| posted on June 17th, 2008 at 06:34 PM |
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Valve Guides and Piston Rings
Will be pulling the 1600DP in my beetle for the first time in a few weeks to replace the rings and valve guides in the heads. Bought the rings last
night but have no idea about valve guides. Could anybody give me a rough estimate on how much it will cost to replace the valve guides in two heads.
Will I need to get a valve grind as well? Anything else?
Feel free to give me some hints on pulling engine out and heads off as it will be my first time 
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| posted on June 18th, 2008 at 08:57 AM |
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When ever the guides are replaced the seats will need re-cutting
because they are never in the exact same centre line afterward.
Make sure you use new exhaust valves too.
A quality engine/cylinder head shop can put a bronze liner("K-Line") in your present guides
to stop the removal of head material when your old guides come out.
Don't know costs but shop around, and ask for quotes is a good plan,
and new complete heads may be more affordable.
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trickysimon
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| posted on June 18th, 2008 at 05:17 PM |
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 Didn't think it would be that expensive lol. Any
idea on how much new heads are? Could I buy bare heads and use the parts off my current heads? Would there any benefit from getting large valve
heads?
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| posted on June 20th, 2008 at 01:12 PM |
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i've puchased brand new vw heads from CB performance in the states they were $144 each plus shipping. http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=569
Damo.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
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| posted on June 20th, 2008 at 04:03 PM |
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What sort of price would I be looking at for shipping. Never bought anything from overseas before so would I need to worry about customs and what not?
Are the heads good quality?
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| posted on June 20th, 2008 at 07:39 PM |
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While on CB I spotted these babies: http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=1470
Would these be good for a stock engine with standard 34 pict 3 and a single quiet pack?
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| posted on June 20th, 2008 at 08:32 PM |
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its possible to use them but i would change the cam to a better grind above stock to fully make use of the larger valves. Shipping won't be that
much and don't worry about customs i bought in $1200 worth of parts from CB and they turned up at my door no problem. It's only if a single part is
over $1k that they start charging. If you order on Monday they could be at your place Friday, has happened many times to me when i have ordered from
CB.
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| posted on June 20th, 2008 at 08:41 PM |
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Better cam would be great but don't have the time money or experience to split the case.  Would there be any improvement over stock heads with a stock cam? Might not even need new heads, might
just be the rings. Will have to see when I pull the heads off.
Hopefully one day I will be able to build a RAT Type 4 like yours 
Simon
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