Buying a dismantled block and head - what contents are critical?

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

TT sells bigger valves now but they used to make a point of the reliability
of the stock valves. My TT head was ported back in 98 and has stock valves
although they are backcut. They didn't offer a bigger valve option back
then.
CIS hydro head internals should fit as far as I can tell from ETKA.
Make sure you get the 3A distributor for when you add a KS ignition and get
all the crap on the front of the block (not water pump and oil filter mount,
but the other stuff) , the ventilation holes are different.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
To: <mr.utility@highstream.net>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Buying a dismantled block and head - what contents are
critical?


> Sorry - but I'm kinda missing your point.  Are you referring to whether TT
> offered a bigger valve combo?  Also, what are these problems you're
> referring to?  I thought Colin's heads were among the best offered by
anyone
> other than Oettinger or maybe Drake?
>
> thx, JT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mr.utility@highstream.net>
> To: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: Buying a dismantled block and head - what contents are
> critical?
>
>
> > I am almost positive that they used to, but I do not know about now...
> They
> > were much more in the market for tuners some years ago, but I think they
> have
> > had some trouble since, and they do not sell all of the 'go-fast
> internals'
> > they used to...  The 'trouble' appears to have been too many idiots who
> > thought they knew what they were doing, and when they discovered they
did
> not,
> > TT got the blame...
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > David      fahrvegnugen
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>:
> >
> > > Tomorrow, I'm most likely going to be picking up a 3A shortie and TT
> head
> > > that've been torn apart.
> > >
> > > Other than the obvious,  block, pistons, wrist pins, crank, I-shaft,
> rods, is
> > > there anything the block must absolutely must come with?  Should I
bring
> a
> > > micrometer to measure the pistons? Or can I just insert them through
the
> bore
> > > to verify fit?
> > >
> > > As for the head, it's supposedly a TT ported hydro 8v head from a Digi
> II
> > > setup, but the running gear is missing. I assume I can use the gear
from
> my
> > > CIS hydro head?  IIRC, TT did _not_ use oversize valves like Eurospec
> and
> > > Oettinger - just the typical 40/36 GTi combo. Is that true?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jeff
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