dropped into my local wrecker the other day still trying to source a decent 12 port black head to use with my EFI project and managed to find one buried amongst a heap of blue and red heads, well after nocking him down from over $100 to a previously quoted $50 ( he didnt like that ;) ) i dropped it off at a local machine shop for a clean and shave, after checking it over in a better light noticed that there was a heap of MUD ??? ??? in the water jackets so a acid bath was now the go, but after that i wiould have to pull it apart and replace the seals. not something i am confident in doing. now more money than i budgeted for :-/. bit the bullet and after comparing prices for a little bit more (couple of hundred $) decided to go all out and have it set up for unleaded ;) ;) .
well, went in to pick it up yesterday and the guy at the counter just smiled at me and said that it was a good thing i was using my head and not just an exchange ???
turns out my $50 head was fitted with larger XU1 spec stainless steel valves and has had a bit of porting work done in the past ;D :D :D. now i have a brand new worked head set up for unleaded all for a very very nice price.
so at last i get a nice suprise when i go to pick something up not a shock and pain to the hip pocket ;D ;D ;D
cheers
dean
Dean....had the same experience with my Red head.
Took it off and had it sent away for reconditioning and set up for unleaded.
Turned out to be a factory Holden head that had been given the Yella Terra treatment by a previous owner.
So my old grotty head turned out to be a priceless Yella Terra Head ( now unavailable for Red Motors ), worth a little more than previously thought.
When I first bought the motor, you COULD buy a YT head for a RED motor, but as I was ages away form refitting the motor, I waited . Well it seemed I waited a bit too long( some couple of years ), as they now, no longer make them.
Ironic really, because if I did shell out the money a few years back when I bought the motor, I would have been exchanging my YT head for a YT head and not even know it.
Great to hear Dean, congrats!
couldnt have happenned to a nicer guy!
Matt
cheers matt ;)
fingers crossed that this wont be the only nice suprise installed for me, i have had a few horrors so far :-/
wow i never realised that YT have stopped making heads for reds, last time i built a car ( 20+ years ago) YT were the be all and end all for holden heads, they are still pictured on their website? im trying to chase down a set of roller rockers for the 202 if any body knows of any?
looks like its turned out pretty good for everybody hey matt ;)
cheers guys
hey Smithy,
YT still make their heads for the Blue and Black, but demand or supply must have wained for the red ones?
They still make a couple of different roller rockers, Street Terra and Yella Terra (both on their website)
Cheers and good luck with more of those "Nice suprises"
Matt
Oh yeah Dean...that was the other nice surpise. Inside the rocker cover of the red motor I bought, was a nice set of YT roller Rockers.
Liek you I've had a horror run with things ( most guys do I think ), but when I bought the red motor from a friend for just $400, it came with the YT head, YT Roller Rockers, XU1 Cam, Flat Top Pistons, 4 Barrell Holley and Manifold to suit, and an M21 4 speed and a set of Genie Extractors.
I sold off the tranny, and Holley / manifold and extractors, which basically paid for the motor, so I got the red motor with cam, Rockers and Head for nothing !
If you are desperate for a YT head, I do beleive I know where you can get a BRAND NEW full YT ( Not Holden recon ) alloy stage 3 head for a red motor. Problem is, they are worth well over a grand now as you can;t get them any more either, and the owner wanted best part of the grand, and it was still a bare head, no rockers ect.
Good luck with your motor, hope it all works out for you !
Mark
hey thanks anyway mark, but im fine for heads now ;), i actually sold my stage 3 YT head to matt ( early holden fan) a couple of weeks ago because i couldnt use it with my EFI setup.
but geezus what a score with the motor somedays you just get lucky dont ya ;D