ABF / KR / 6a advice needed please

Need a bit of advice on engine block/head combinations please ….

My mk1 has a good kr 16v engine in it at the minute

Recently bought an ABF with ported head, high lift cams and running on bike carbs, I decided to renew the cambelt and tensioner before I dropped it into my car and found the intermediate shaft tight, removed it and it seemed ok, removed the sump and oil pump to find the block cracked where the oil pump drive shaft goes through it. So the ABF block is goosed !!

I have a 6a 2.0 16v engine in the garage as well, told it was a runner but would need checking over

So I'm thinking ABF ported head bolted to the 6a block ??? Would this work ???

Cheers

Gav

Couple of pics of the cracks in the ABF 

Ok so I've been told that the ABF head will be ok on a 6a block … But I'm just wondering about head gaskets, would I be best with a fibre gasket or a steel gasket ??  And the head bolts, are they reusable or are they stretch bolts ??

Cheers

Gav

Blimey!….I've never seen that before! 

The head bolts are a stretch bolt so need replacing, use elring or adjusa bolts. A good quality std gasket will do the job, ABF gaskets are steel, elring or victor reinz.