Stuck In a Hard spot and asking for opinions

[NateS]

Okay, I most likely have a blown headgasket. BAH, I knew it would happen sooner or later. Well this means I would have to get a new gasket, have the head resurfaced, and of course install the headgasket. I can't exactly do all of this myself. A friend may be able to help me install the headgasket but, he deff can't resurface it. I have a few options. I'm trying to find a 500 dollar pos beater that I can drive for awhile so, I should be able to let my car sit for a while. My local garage has a 1g head for cheap. I dunno if it is a 6 or 7 bolt head but it is a 1g head and it looks practically brand new. I was thinking about just buying that head and putting cams in it and getting a new headgasket. That way I wouldn't have to worry about resurfacing the old head. This would also help out with a few problems with my current head(missing bolts, leaky seals). My other idea is to just let the good ole dsm sit for a long time while I get money together to build it a nice high hp motor.

If I did buy the head I would swap over my fuel pressure reg, new wires, 650cc injectors, and of course the turbo. The head has a stock 14b on it with no shaft play. Also... would I be able to put this 1g head on my 95 without a problem or would there be gay little problems like sensors and all that jazz. BTW any way to tell a 7 bolt head from a 6 bolt head?

I know, freakin life story here. Just sucks... finished turning up the boost and now this shiat. I have arp head studs so I thought I would be okay. BTW I looked on my rebuild sheet from the previous owner. Says it had an Evo HG installed on it. ...Alot of help that did.

[vanilla gorilla]

So if you buy the other head does the 14b come with it or what?

[NateS]

Yeah the 14b comes with the head. It is an entire top end. Everthing is there and it supposedly works like new. It is all stock btw.

[vanilla gorilla]

Cool, then you can sell me the 14b since you don't need it. lol

[SLoe]

RRE website has a write up for head swap IIRC.



........Oh and SCE copper gasket and o-rings FTW!

[NateS]

Well... as for the cheap head at the local garage. I found on dsmtuners (I searched... props to me) that a 1g head has bigger holes for the head studs than the 2g head. This means my block would have to be bored out for a 1g head. That sounds like a pain in the ass and more trouble than it is worth to me. I am still looking for a good company to build me a head. Although, I have decided that I am going to do the gasket swap myself because, well all the garages around here run in fear when they hear aftermarket before any part.

I really want to get a brand new 2g head or somewhat new because, I am to fearful of a cracked head and some other rif raf. BTW, do you or should you replace the head studs when you replace the headgasket? I heard the bolts can stretch and you should always replace them with a headgasket. I do have arp head studs btw. Thanks.

[gthompson97]

Before you talked about the 7-bolt head being a 1g but then you stated something about a 2g 7-bolt, which one is the head you were looking at. I'm pretty sure it's only stock head bolts that you need to replace when installing a new HG, the ARP's can be used a couple times, IIRC.

[NateS]

What I ment is that the head my local garage has laying around is from like a 93 or 94 talon. When I mentioned a 2g head I said I would rather buy a brand new 2g head or have mine "freshened up". So garage = 1g head. 2g head = what I want. Haha, sorry for the confusion.