It would probably help if I read the rest of the emails before I started
replying to them.
Sorry for the redundancy.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Schlemmer" <nullman@centurytel.net>
To: <lro@koan.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:23 PM
Subject: RE: [lro] RE: Changing the head
>
> 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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