Marin
Give the guys at Autosport Seattle a call 260.621.1940 They certainly speak
British Auto and I've sourced a few weird LR items from them. They should
be able to give you a number.
They have a machine shop and seem like good guys and I KNOW they build
unleaded heads for other UK marques. When the time came, I bought the
rovers north unleaded head, but I think if I ever do another, I'll get the
fiddly bits done by these guys and worry about the valves and easy bits
myself.
Hope that helps
Todd Schlemmer
Vashon Is. WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lro-admin@koan.team.net [mailto:lro-admin@koan.team.net]On Behalf
> Of Faure, Marin
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:30 PM
> To: 'Land Rover Mail Group'
> Subject: [lro] RE: Changing the head
>
>
>
> Assuming I'm facing the "time to change to an unleaded
> head" situation, I'm curious which would be the more efficient
> solution. Have the original head on my engine overhauled and
> refitted with hardened valve seats and the appropriate valves,
> or simply buying a ready-made, complete unleaded head from
> Rovers North, etc. I like the idea of a bolt-on solution, as
> opposed to running around hunting up a competent shop,
> collecting the necessary parts, etc. How common a procedure
> is this (the installation of hardened valve seats in a head with
> machined-in seats), and what sort of shops tend to do this
> kind of work?
>
> It appears a complete unleaded head (stock head,
> not some sort of semi-performance head) runs
> in the neighborhood of $1,000 by the time it's all
> said and done and shipped. Is having an existing
> head overhauled and set up for unleaded fuel that
> much less by the time it's over? I assume in addition
> to the parts and shop labor, it would be prudent to have
> the head magafluxed or zyglowed (or both) to make
> sure it's okay, and so on.
>
> I'm willing to pay more for a solution that I don't have
> to tinker with and worry about and re-fix or have re-fixed
> later, which is why I tend to lean toward the bolt-on unleaded
> head. But I'd be interested in hearing the advantages, if any,
> of having the existing head overhauled.
> ___________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle
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