Author Topic: Putting together all inclusive head swap info for the FAQ...  (Read 5473 times)

November 03, 2009, 10:26:44 pm

maxfax

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Putting together all inclusive head swap info for the FAQ...
« on: November 03, 2009, 10:26:44 pm »
Just as the title says, since another question that seems to pop up here all the time is "can I put this head on this engine" I think we need to compile everything.. Should it ALL be in one write up? Should it be separated into one writeup for mech head swaps and one for Hydro head swaps?

I've done just about all that can be done with mech lifter engines, 1.5 on a 1.6, 1.6 on a 1.5, 11mm mech on a 12mm mech, 12mm mech on an 11mm mech...    However I've not done anything with hydro stuff..  I'm looking for all the good poop from you guys that have (or tried to) put mechs on a hydro, hydros on a mech, AAZ's on a 1.6, 1.6 on an AAZ and all that kinda crap..  I want the  "How'd you do it" "How'd it work", "WHat went wrong", "Why you can't do it"..  Pics are a plus too...  Links to threads containing this info would be a help too..

I know all this stuff has been discussed in serval different threads, but I thought it may be nice to have it all in one easily linked to thread in the FAQ..  I know it can be found with a search, but I know there are others like me that never seem to get the right search string to find what they need...

Reply #1November 04, 2009, 05:24:16 am

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Re: Putting together all inclusive head swap info for the FAQ...
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2009, 05:24:16 am »
I would have 1 thread with the first several replies being sub catagories.

Saurkrat or however you spell his name has done a lot with this...I think he put a 1.9 head on a 1.5L block. Here is one of his links.
http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=11786.45

http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=15780.0

Reply #2November 04, 2009, 05:28:24 am

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Re: Putting together all inclusive head swap info for the FAQ...
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2009, 05:28:24 am »
I would have 1 thread with the first several replies being sub catagories.

That's what I ended up deciding to do..  Guess I was on the right track with that...       

After reading though the wealth of info involving hydro to mechanical and the other way around I think I may end up giving some general info on that and linking to some respective threads..  If I can;t scare someone off from doing such a swap they can get the poop right from the source..

Thanks for the info, that gives me some more info to put together...
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Reply #3November 23, 2009, 07:38:48 pm

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Re: Putting together all inclusive head swap info for the FAQ...
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2009, 07:38:48 pm »
Finally got a bit of time to get back to work on this...     Just need to get some info, or the proper terms to do a search..   What's the bore, stroke, and stock compression ratio of an AAZ???

Reply #4December 29, 2009, 07:15:40 pm

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Re: Putting together all inclusive head swap info for the FAQ...
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 07:15:40 pm »
Bump on this as I'm getting back to work on this some..     Need the bore, stroke, and compression of an AAZ..   Or if you wanna make it easy on me, the compression on an AAZ with a 1.6 head and a 1.6 with an AAZ head..