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1.7 head swap



Thanks for the info.  I was just going through a little bit of craziness

SNixon5523@aol.com wrote:
> 
> On top of what everyone has told you, the 1.7 head has only one water
> return hole as compared to the 1.8 head, which has two.  And the 1.7's
> hole is smaller than the one on the 1.8.  I've heard of fitting the
> 1.8 head to a 1.7 block by welding the second hole closed and making
> the main hole smaller (something outlined in Greg Raven's book) but
> have never heard of fitting the opposite way.
> 
> HTH,
> Stewart

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