I bought this y8 head for a 100 bucks. How does it look?



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Modified by B16aDasher at 4:40 PM 3/27/2005

 

wheres the vtec sylinoid?

 

damn that ******* dirty as hell. the vtec solenoid(sp?) just isnt bolted in. the head could possibly be good just looks like the oil didnt get changed very often

 

I have the vtec solenoid, i took it off so it wouldn't get robbed. The guy i brought it from said he got a hole it his oil pan, and fup the engine. I got the block for free too. One of the pistons is melted!!

i added a bottom pic, how r the valves?

 

DAUMMMMNN

 

looks like *** to me

 

thats really ******* dirty.....and yeh it does look like the oil wasnt changed very often

 

that head looks fucked to me....the rist two intake valves look bent, and they are about the best loooking valves in that head

 

so do you think i need to rebuild it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B16aDasher &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so do you think i need to rebuild it?</TD></TR></TABLE>
you could have bought a way better head for cheaper and easyer than rebuilding that one.

 

damn!!! thats what i thought. How much do you think it is worth? I have a z6 head, i wanted to used the y8 becuase i didnt want to have to buy a dizzy.

 

are u blind or did u have your gf buy it? if i ever saw any piece that looked like that i wouldnt spend any money on it. u could have bought a better head for like $75 u got ripped

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 93ejay1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are u blind or did u have your gf buy it? if i ever saw any piece that looked like that i wouldnt spend any money on it. u could have bought a better head for like $75 u got ripped</TD></TR></TABLE>

The head was bolted onto the block. I bought the head and he give me the whole longblock, so i couldnt see the bottom of the head. I thought it was just super dirty. So i got ripped? How bad?

 

Nice rusted combustion chambers.

 

Read again, he doesn't want to use the block.

As for the head, it's very dirty and looks like it hasn't been taken care of. Thats why I said earlier that it doesnt look very good. From what I have read, most mini-me swappers get the head for about the same price you paid, and i'd be willing to bet that its in better condition.

 

yeah, i was just going to swap head, tranny, do wiring/4-wire, run uberdata, and then turbo it.

 

to clean it up, try hot tanking it

 

I would have a machine shop check it out.

 

yeah that head is not worth your time. You said that you got a z6 head, just run that. You also said that you wonna go turbo so use a z6 head because it will give you lower compression then y8 because it got bigger combustion chambers.

 

Just run the head through a parts cleaner. You'll have to replace your valve seals though.

 

I just recently bough a Y8 head too. I paid close to 300, but I got everything from engine block up, including aftermarket camshaft, adjustable cam gear and ECU.
I took it to a shop, and had them rebuild it.
$250 later, I had a head that looked like new.
Got it hot-tanked, milled, new valve seals, new cam seals, replaced a bent vale and some other minor stuff.

 

so a good clean and new valves are all that r needed? I thinking it might be cheaper to used the z6 head i have and buy a new dizzy.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by d16rice &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just recently bough a Y8 head too. I paid close to 300, but I got everything from engine block up, including aftermarket camshaft, adjustable cam gear and ECU.
I took it to a shop, and had them rebuild it.
$250 later, I had a head that looked like new.
Got it hot-tanked, milled, new valve seals, new cam seals, replaced a bent vale and some other minor stuff.</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow 250 for a rebuilt head doesnt sound to bad.

 

i would strip the head down and leave it in the hot tank over night. My old z6 looked worse than that. I had to take a puddy knife and scrape the crap off the inside of the valve cover.

Chris

 

Poor maintenance OWNS engines.