Just removed engine from my 914 and discovered that :





What do you think of that ? Can you suggest any medicine ? Are they rebuildable ?

You ingested something....

Headflow masters can make thet look like new again. He has repaired heads that were totally destroyed for me...

The previous owner told me that he got a dropped seat in past life. no doubt !

In fact, they do not seems cracked. Can you tel me where I can find Headflow masters please ?

Get ready for international shipping charges... They're in San Diego, California. http://www.audiracvws.com

Since you're in La Belle France, you might check with Mittelmotor (I think they're at http://www.mittlemotor.de ) to see if they have a shop that can weld that up and make it right again.

--DD

Thanks for link Dave,

Of course I would prefer to find a solution in "old europe" (we also have machine shops !) but I do not want to give my heads to a guy who never saw any 914 engine...

At this time my question is to choose before welding the heads or resurface + rework the 4 chambers to obtain equal cc's in all of them...

I have heard bad feedbacks about welding heads ...

Excuse me. I must be missing something.
Were not the 914's made in Old Europe?
L. McChesney

Yep, but the repairing of the aluminum heads was started in Calif by EMPI. VW just use to toss them out and install new ones, EMPI started rebuilding em by installing new valve guides, welding cracks etc...
Send them to Headflowmasters.....

Geoff

Do not forget that 2/3 of 914 production was sold in the USA.

In the facts, it is near impossible to find a good condition or a NOS 2.0 head at correct price in Germany or in France. So I will have to repair mine and I have to choose between resurfacing the crashed zones or welding + machining at stock level.

So I will ask today to a VW performance shop that can do that. I will tell you and send pics when done

Regards,

Mittelmotor and Ahnendorp (BAS) are both well-regarded Type IV shops. They're in Germany, so your dealings with them will be long-distance, but at least they aren't 1/3 of the way around the world from you. Worth at least checking into, I think.

--DD