Which head?

[kervinridgley@earthlink.net (Kervin)]

Thanks Scott,
  I'll start bolting stuff on this weekend.  I was happy to get the
extra head so that sometime, I can get or do some basic porting to one. 
If everything goes as planned, I'll be able to put a 2.0 in my 80 also.

"Scott F. Williams" wrote:
> 
> 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.
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> NJ Scirocco nut
> '99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
> Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
> Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
> ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
> 
> > 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.

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Kervin
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