Which head?

[sfwilliams@comcast.net (Scott F. Williams)]

Kervin, the JH motor was supplied in the Rabbit GTI. It *is* a "GTI"
motor -big valves and all. It differs from the heads supplied in the later
cars only in that it has solid lifters. Thus, it is somewhat noisier but
allows for lots higher revs. Performance in the lower rev range will be
identical. I'd use the hydraulic head in a regular street car and the solid
lifter head if you're doing a very aggressive build up.
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Scott F. Williams
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> Which head will work better or are they about the same - a JH or one
> from a 1.8 GTi?  This is for my ABA swap.  I'm hoping you'll say the GTi
> head because then I put the head on before hand.