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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: glichter1 on October 22, 2007, 07:21:32 pm

Title: 1.9 Head on 1.6 L TD
Post by: glichter1 on October 22, 2007, 07:21:32 pm

Am having a hard time finding hydraulic TD head 1.6 L, am already using 1.9 L headgasket -can I use a 1.9 l Diesel head or 1.9 L  TD head instead?  I think Injectors are different, what other issues are there?

Title: 1.9 Head on 1.6 L TD
Post by: malone on October 22, 2007, 07:56:31 pm

A 1.9TD head on a 1.6 may drastically lower compression. AFAIK I've only known of two 1.6 block / 1.9 head setups (one was mine) and they all smoked significantly at engine start.. however I had a modified head that lowered compression further and the other 1.9L head had a bent valve.

I'm not sure if a healthy 1.9TD head in a healthy setup will smoke much during cold start.

Injectors shouldn't be an issue.

Unless you're planning to nearly double the stock 1.6TD output (i.e. 130+hp), I would search for a 1.6TD head.