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G60 cylinder head fit onto amk1 1800 8v carbed motor??

I know there both 1800 8v, but is the g60 head comapible with other motors?

any help is much appreciated

Look at the head gasket if its the same or same part number you may be in business . If not where is the rest of the engine ? G60 would look nice in my Mk1 .

thanks for the reply mate, might be worth awalk to the local vw place, to check head gasket part numbers,

It was a lad of ed 38 breaking a corrado g60, and wanted 60 quid for the head, and as mine is screwd/v.noisey, just wanted to know if it would fit, as i thought 60 quid was a fair price??

i think a full g60 lump would suit my cabby too lol

This time next year rodders

a 1.8 GTI head will fit. Digipants and a K-jet.  Ive don the mod to a 1.6 Carbed motor. It was a 75HP motor with a solid lifter head.

Couple of things to say really. the injection holes have to be sealed. 1 Penny coins do the trick and some liquid metal. Also the inlet manifold will have no water heating, as with the old head. But i have re-routed the water pipes. The weber has a manual choke and warm air feed so hopefully in the winter it should`nt be a problem.

Somthing i could of done, Changed the exhaust manifold for a MK1 GTI version with downpipe. A MK2 wont fit. been there tried that. The carbed version has a round knuckle type with C clips. A right pain in the A**.

Things to buy is a head gasket set. 1.8.carb version will be fine. Set of head bolts.

cheers for that mate, so was the gti head you fitted solid lifter too??

as i have some new hydrolic tappets here, so would like to fit a head with hydrolic tappetts too, ive been told mine should have them as new? :dontknow:  (1989 clipper cabby) so should have oil pump to support the hydrolic tappetts??

sorry if im not 100% clear, but could u tall me wot sort of tappets/lifters you satrted with and what it was you fitted please mate, then i can know for sure what will be best to fit to mine, thanks in advance

The Dipants head as shown froma MK2 GTI H reg, its a hydo head. thats the one now on my car a 1.6 GL. +weber carb,. now as the hydo tappets are concerend yes. The tappet outs of a 1.8GTI will fit a G60 to a 1.4 Ibiza. a common size. the ones i have, come out of a 1.4 seat engine..
I think the RS2000 cosie engines also use them.

The pump funny enough, i was told to change it..but i wasnt convinced. they are all the same. but i did change it ,from a gti engine just incase. When i took it off, it looked identical to the one i was putting back on.

The reason i changed the head was for two reasons. The tappets were tapping quite loud. looked at getting them reshimmed, and no one around here wanted to do it. and as for finding the shims and price. it was`nt worth it. Second is the power increase. With a 1.8 carbed version gettin 100BHP with a GTI head n cam is`nt a problem. My 1.6 is 75HP standard. and on the rolling road got 96HP. Mind u i have had it ported.

Your 1.8 block will rocket with a GTI head on it, just as good as a injection version. If you have a weber then all is really well. Like i said in the previous post, is that i wished that i put on a GTI manifold n down pipe. The Carb versions are a little restictive.

Its well worth the mod and its pretty cheap to do too. just need the time and tools..

if ya get stuck, just ask.

Andy..

happy days,  your a star, so looking back on it if you had to do it again, would you go through the hassle of changeing the oil pump?? as i have all the other bits now, and could realy do with out shelling out for a new pump and sump gasket etc, unless its absolutley essential??


and am hopefuley getting a 4-2-1 manifold, so fingers crossed should go well, when i get round to doing it