Hey all,

Need some expert opinion on this. I am working on a budget y8 mini-me project (a6 block and this y8 head). Here is how I got the head from tha cat on ebay. It has some scoring near the combustion chambers, and a few places with bad scoring near a water jacket, and a water port... I do not really want to pay to have this head torn down, and surfaced, so I am looking for acceptable risk. Give me something i can work with. Like with the dmg you see, and your experience you say 50% chance that the gasket does'nt seal, or you had one that was worse in similar spots and your car runs strong 99% chance of failure..

Something like that, Just need to know what the pro's think. I am using ARP head studs on the build, and plan to boost in the future..

THanks for any input in advance...

Here we go.

Near the Combustion chamber


Again, near a different ring land:


Water Jacket (The worst of the scratching/scraping)

Water Port:

 

resurfacing for around $25-35 is worth it when you don't see alot of white smoke coming from your exhaust.

 

 

do it itll be aight

 

Green rolac disc, standard left to right movement, air pressure setting WOT on your standard Angle Grinder. Smooth as Butter.

 

if thats not the flat rate lifestyle I dont know what is

 

 

that works but im a fan of millin

 

I found a place that will Hot tank it, and surface it with the valves still in it. So I am gonna take off the cam, and pay the 55 bucks to get it done...

Fair deal to me, what I was really worried about was having to disassemble the whole head, and buy new valve seals, and spring seats... And then put it back together (I dont have a spring compressor etc/etc/etc....

Thanks for the advice on the green pad, I need to pick up an air compressor I will hook that up when I do.