Hi,

Is it common for cossie heads to get porus ??

As I took my head in to get some welding done to the combustion chamber and the fella said that the head was quite badly corroded in the water galleries.

He's now cleaned up the corrosion and found the head to be quite porus in some areas and thus he is having difficulty welding it.

What can be done in a situation such as this ? is there a special treatment that can be done to the head to solve this problem or is there a special way of welding it ?

Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
Damion.

 

yes they are common on the cossies

id be sourcing another head for the car either second hand or really hurt the wallet with a new one

 

Thanks, thats not good

Where's a good place to source a good head ??.. im in Australia unfortunately so i'd like to find someone trustworthy.. thanks.

 

better to try the trusted breakers from here first then

north yorkshire spares
petes rs specialists

 

as above most do go bad

 

Thanks Millsy, sent both messages and north yorkshire spares got back to me and said that they are hard to come by these days..

Where can a new one be bought ? and dare i ask how much ?

 

try some of these peeps who advertise brand new heads .....

woodford motorsport on www.cosworth.info or 01803 863958 they advertise it brand new and i hope u are sitting down.... at £1450

also try www.burtonpower.co.uk 020 8554 2281 they are a brilliant company just like woodfords above !!!

think if the companys supply new heads then im sure they will all be very close to same prices buddy !!

good luck

 

Be aware that these heads are bare - just the casting only - you will have to reuse all your valves etc and your cams wont fit as the heads are the 4x4 version, so you will need a set of these as well

 

i actually forgot that

fook it vwill cost ya matey

 

Yeah it's not a good position to be in at the moment i can tell you that

Thanks for the help guys..

 

Maybe a change of engine would b a better option shame

 

why not try ebay

 

Change of engine isnt an option i've spent enough on this concervion and all the work is done, the engine was running in the car, just not for very long..


I thought about trying ebay, but im afraid of being caught out with another dodgy head..