DIY Headwork

[stupot666 0]

Hi Guys,

Just rebuilding my KR head and fancied having a go at some gas flowing! Can any of you guys give me any advice or links to sites showing pics or videos of the KR head being worked upon? Any advice will be gratefully received. Many thanks in advance

 

Stu

[richlyons 0]

ive got a small guide on how to do it for a 8v engine? not sure how to post it up?

if you want ti i can email it over to you? :)

[davidwort 0]

There's a lot of info on the club GTI forum, but I'd suggest before you reach for the dremel, it's a skilled job and just ripping material out of inlet ports will end up reducing power.

Best thing as a DIY job is to remove any casting irregularities in the inlet and exhaust manifolds and ports, don't mirror polish, but do internally polish the combustion chamber (helps prevent knock on higher ignition advance if nothing else).

You can also port match the manifolds to the head using the gaskets as a template.