2L 16v engine work ok with (base) CIS?

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

I'll ask the boy which gasket he intends to use, he's building an ABA block
with a 16V (9A) head, so that should cover your two options nicely!
Cathy

On 1:02 am 10/09/07 "Mark F." <mk1mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/8/07, Rave Racer 77 <raveracer77@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  The 1.8L PL pistons are flat, neither domed nor dished.  They only
> >  have valve reliefs.  Get the four layer metal head gasket from TT.
> >  With the ARP studs, if you clean up the valves and seats, you'll
> >  never need to pull that head off again.
>
>
> Thanks for the info.  I'll be able to cc a cylinder as well then...
> The engine has less than 50K on it since it was bored/rebuilt, so I
> don't think I'll need to tear into the head.  Hopefully the valve stem
> seals haven't dried out, but they're not too big a deal to change out
> I guess.  There's always Lucas Oil treatment - that stuff continues to
> amaze me...
>
> Anyone know if I can use the metal ABA head gasket (it's a 1.8 16v
> block/head)?  I have two new ones still in the package.  IIRC I had an
> option to use a 9A 16v head gasket on my JH/ABA combo, so that's what
> made me wonder...
>
> Later,
>
> Mark.
> 75
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