4.6 head doesn't work/(duratec zetec discussion)

turbofan · Post by **turbofan** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:08 pm

Colin wrote:
xr4tiguy wrote:who said I was leaving????
I guess I misinterpreted this:

xr4tiguy wrote:Oh well I've been on here long enough

meaning he'd been on here long enough to build up some cred to not get totally shamed.

xr4tiguy · Post by **xr4tiguy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:41 pm

haha, you guys are funny.

Or maybe I'm not a good writer. If you look at the post that said I was "leaving" all that was me talking to myself (the part in quotes anyway.) I was just writing what I was thinking when I was preparing to right the first post.

Anywho, all better now. I'm not leaving. I'm not mad at anyone. who do I look like? Alex???

Post by **John Brennan** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:11 am

We don't really know what either of you looks like!

But I think we can meet in the middle with all this-- new guys, try to search-- old guys, try to be patient and exercise a little noblesse oblige. If everyone's trying all around, we should be in pretty good shape.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:30 am

xr4tiguy wrote:Anywho, all better now. I'm not leaving. I'm not mad at anyone. who do I look like? Alex???

No, Alex doesn't even realize when we're mocking him... and we've gotta ban him to make him leave - right, Erik?

pyropete125 · Post by **pyropete125** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:12 am

back to the toyota head...

what motor was it from?

pete

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:35 pm

pyropete125 wrote:back to the toyota head...

what motor was it from?

I don't know Toyota stuff at all, but "R22" is what's rattling around inside my head. David Brumblebee (sp?) would probably know - he's the one who runs the Volvo head swap list. But again, from what I've heard, it is a more complicated swap than the Volvo head.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:21 pm

22R? As in, the truck engine?

turbofan · Post by **turbofan** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:51 pm

Colin wrote:22R? As in, the truck engine?

probably. the truck heads would be stouter than the car's. to be honest, i doubt many of toyota's standard NA motors would handle much more than stock levels of hp

. the truck ones might, but i still think the volvo would be the way to go.

why not just swap the whole 2.3 duratec in there?

or a 5.0 mustang?

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:08 pm

^^ I'm with stupid.

The Volvo swap is already a borderline pain in the ass... if you're going to get any more complex, just swap the whole damn engine. The Duratec looks like a kick-ass mill.

Colin

turbofan · Post by **turbofan** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:21 pm

who is stupid? certainly not me...

the only reason for doing a head swap on a 2.3 is cuz the bottom ends on these engines are so strong. but the duratec is ALL ALUMINUM. yum.

pyropete125 · Post by **pyropete125** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:49 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-95-To ... dZViewItem

just looking.... thats all.

i have an esslinger SVO head for my car

pete

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:17 pm

pyropete125 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-95-To ... dZViewItem

just looking.... thats all.

And now that I see THAT, I'd have to say my recollection of it being the Toyota R22 head was dead-as-door-nuts wrong.

So I wonder if one of the 5.0 heads would swap onto the later Lima 2.5 motor. I mean, obviously 5.0 divided by 2 is 2.5, so I bet it bolts right on, right?

turbofan · Post by **turbofan** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:06 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:
pyropete125 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-95-To ... dZViewItem

just looking.... thats all.
And now that I see THAT, I'd have to say my recollection of it being the Toyota R22 head was dead-as-door-nuts wrong.

So I wonder if one of the 5.0 heads would swap onto the later Lima 2.5 motor. I mean, obviously 5.0 divided by 2 is 2.5, so I bet it bolts right on, right?

brad, you stinker.

that R22 head looks awful. it belongs on a gutless toyota pickup.

Spaldino · Post by **Spaldino** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:10 pm

someone somehow needs to get their hands on the prototype dohc lima head that was on the merk with the scoop... and from there... oh man... all hell will break loose.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:20 pm

Spaldino wrote:someone somehow needs to get their hands on the prototype dohc lima head that was on the merk with the scoop... and from there... oh man... all hell will break loose.

<sigh> Or not...

In fact, a couple of those heads ARE in private hands, but they're all but useless. They are non-production parts that have ZERO parts availability. Modifying the Volvo head is actually a MUCH better proposition in most every way.