vtr/vts

20th March 2009, 00:12

will the 16v head match up 2 the vtr bottom end, are they the same block.

20th March 2009, 00:13

in short, no

20th March 2009, 00:27

wats the differences in blocks

20th March 2009, 00:34

Same basic block, but......

Lots of little fiddley bits to swop.

Different pistons, different pulleys for cams, manifolds, ecu's, wiring, oil cooler etc.....

Buy either a whole vts set-up and swop or just buy a Vts.

20th March 2009, 00:37

i gt both engines, outa cars on my drive, only vts shells are f****d, and head gasket on r gone, hence the question

20th March 2009, 00:51

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Originally Posted by adzvtr

i gt both engines, outa cars on my drive, only vts shells are f****d, and head gasket on r gone, hence the question

well if youve got the vts engine and it works, why not just do a conversion

the 16v head will not fit on vtr bottom, the headbolts dont line up

or if you cant do that, why not sell the vts and just get headgasket sorted on vtr, if you get it done by garage your looking at 300quid as a mate just got a quoted that fromhis local, well it would def be around 250 to get headgasket sorted

20th March 2009, 01:24

vts engine bottom end was knocking before it was taken out, shells gone, so it not ok,
i have a full workin vts and r so was just playin wid the idea to fix one engine outa the 2 to have a full workin spare, Head gasket around 40 quid, head skim around 40 to 90 if you do job self its not that much mate, cheers anyways

20th March 2009, 02:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by adzvtr

vts engine bottom end was knocking before it was taken out, shells gone, so it not ok,
i have a full workin vts and r so was just playin wid the idea to fix one engine outa the 2 to have a full workin spare, Head gasket around 40 quid, head skim around 40 to 90 if you do job self its not that much mate, cheers anyways

ahh i get you

headskim 40-90 thats a bit steep lol, i just got my rallye head rebuilt for 55 quid, well skim, new valves and valve stems fitted, and seats ground down and cleaned and sprayed for 55quid. i think if your paying more than say 35quid for skim your being ripped off

but yer if you do it by yourself you could probs do the headgasket plus other bits like cambelt etc for about 100quid imo, but my mate doesnt know how to do this so he has to go to garage plus his dad is a nooob and wont let him get it done by anyone else haha

20th March 2009, 14:50

soz that price was including porting and polishin, a basic skim aint that much, altho there are people charging that out there. stripped the vtr lump down now, strippin down vts lump nxt, if they dnt match will prob rebuild both, new gaskets timing belts and shells for the s then sell them on, got all wiring and ecu and ignition barrels, wait and see i guess,

20th March 2009, 23:46

well it may not be a very good port and polish, as far as i know this is quite expensive for that mate, i was on phone to qep yesterday to ask about price and what i will get and it was 550 plus vat for full headwork, so im assuming just a port and polish done properly would still cost a good couple of hundred, but some on correct me if im wrong

oh and you will end up rebuilding both mate, cause trust me the head wont fit on vtr bottom, the bolts dont line up, plus theres alot of other things that would need changing, i dont know exactly what, but someone asked a coulpe of weeks back

21st March 2009, 00:49

had full head rebuild on my vts, cams port and polish, springs followers and lifters, plus cam belt all in £1250, £87.85 for the skim port and polish,

21st March 2009, 00:56

ahhh right ok then, my bad lol

i just thought it cost alot more than that, thats all

21st March 2009, 01:09

thats just the price i got mate, may be more else where.

21st March 2009, 01:10

yer everywhere is diff realy, just like how a headskim from where i went to was 20quid, but a place round the corner was 35quid, and im not joking its like a 3min walk round the corner lol haha