Re: Big Valve head on a 1.7L?

["Kris Rayner" <veritech@fix.net>]

Instead of welding the head, you can try to track down a small 
freeze plug that will fit. That's what I'm going to end up doing. I don't 
know if you read my earlier post about the exhaust manifold studs 
breaking off in my 1.7L while drving.  I'm going to go ahead and put 
the 1.8L head on since I'd end up removing the head anyways in 
order to do it right.

From:           	"wishful thinking" <z8878941@hotmail.com>
To:             	scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject:        	Re: Big Valve head on a 1.7L? 
Date sent:      	Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:44:00 PST

> I've mated a 1.8L head to a 1.6 liter block. Which is the same as a 
> 1.7L.
> I had no problems with it and it's been ten months since I started 
> driving it.
> I didn't want to ruin my head(at least that was my thinking;)) so I 
> temporarily blocked the main oil passage on the 1.8L head with a 
> chemical resistant rubber stopper!
> I keeping putting off tearing the thing apart and welding the hole. Hey 
> it works so why bother! But I know that thing isn't gonna last all that 
> long so I gotta do it soon. Anyways.
> In my experience the oil passage is the only mod you need to make.
> I essentially have the same setup you want. My engine is a 1.6L block, 
> 1.7L crank and a 1.8L head.(what a hybrid!) Of course that only put me 
> dead even with a vtec del sol,(O.K. fast) so I would suggest porting out 
> the 1.8L head to the biggest valves possible. 
> Lata,
> Zach Mayer
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