Houston we may have a problem...

[goodhart]

Originally Posted by CarPsyco84

The head and block appear to be flat within .002", as best as I can tell with a true straight edge, can't slip paper under anywhere. Of course the heads pretty well junk, maybe weld fill that hole and remachine it but I'm sure it would have even more issues then, and it's already having issues.

Well, I guess you can think of this as a good time to upgrade to a 2g head then (Some will say its a downgrade, but I have seen a few cars lose power when going 2g>1g head and gain power when going 1g>2g head. 95tsi on here made 360hp on his 2.0 with a 2g head, switched to a 1g head and a stroker, and lost 13whp. Different setup and all, I know, but he still lost horsepower. I think it's because the 2g head just flows better (not as much in raw airflow, but a smoother air path than a 1g head)

Shane will probably tell you the same thing.

[CarPsyco84]

Originally Posted by goodhart

Well, I guess you can think of this as a good time to upgrade to a 2g head then.

I have a head laying around in my basement, its missing some parts, but the casting doesn't have a big relief to the coolant passage so I can probably steal the parts off this head, and run that one.... Or I might just drop in the running 6 bolt in my blue car that ran perfectly fine with this setup and run that... cause I'm broke as a joke right now, and 100-200 for a head gasket + machine work is not gonna fly right now.