Eurospec head on eBay

[dan.bubb at gmail.com (Dan Bubb)]

David,
Phil is correct that they cast them themselves here in the US.
There was an article in some VW magazine when they first came out back
in 93-94 showing the raw castings and their subsequent machining.
Also, I owned one of these from 95-2000 or so. It's not a VW casting.

OTOH, I hardly share Phil's unbridled enthusiasm for them. I had my
stock 84 head ported by Colin at Techtonics. It outflows the Eurospec
head ( have the numbers to prove it) and the ports are smaller which
means better velocity and combustion.
Quite frankly, Eurospec just got stupid on port size.
Also, I'm not sure about the comment about 2.0 vs.1.8 head. There is
only one Eurospec head. It's not specific to engine size. But, due to
the overly large ports Eurospec does recommend NOT fitting it to a 1.8
unless it's out and out race!

The head certainly isn't trash, you'll pay just about as much to have
a head ported by a professional that will flow better, but it ain't
going to outflow a 16V either.
Dan

On 12/17/05, David Utley <fahrvergnugen@cox.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Boeye" <rocco_phil@yahoo.com>
> To: "Nate Mellom" <doubt@inwave.com>; "Scirocco List"
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:47 AM
>
> > Wait.  I see it has 40 bids.  Clearly you are
> > wondering what they are all so crazy about.
> >
> > OK, well Eurospec is the only company that casts their
> > own VW heads (that I know of).  All other
> > 'performance' heads are VW cast (and oftentimes
> > remanned heads).  Eurospec has a cleaner casting
> > process and then goes in and flows the head themselves
> > after casting.  There is no finer production head
> > available.
> >
> > I might be sounding a bit overenthusiastic about this,
> > but it is the start of the weekend for me.
>
>
> I hate to disagree Phil.  They do have an excellent porter, but they make no
> castings.  They go overseas and buy from the original manufacturer,
> sometimes with minor changes for their benefit depending on the product.
> Their lightweight flywheels are an excellent example, the are all cast
> instead of machined lightweight which makes them a bit more durable.
>  They -may- indeed do this with their heads, I was never intimately involved
> with that side of the business to say for sure, but I would doubt it,
> because of the cost involved.
>
> Either way, they do have a good product.  Their customer service is nothing
> like their products though, which is why they don't deal with individuals,
> only businesses.  But that is best left to another thread...  [/rant]
>
> David
>
>
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