Sr20de head

[Sthirteen90]

So some terrible terrible things happened to me motor and I need a new head. I've got some one with an sr20de fwd motor I can get for $50. Are the heads the same? All the parts in my head are reusable besides the valves and retainers. Can I get this head, take everything out of it and rebuild it with my sr20det parts?

[Wookie384]

IIRC Valves on DE's (atleast for the RWD DE's) are not sodium filled (RWD DET heads are), and thus are smaller, so the valve stems and valve guides are different. I don't know about the rest of the valve train.

[Sthirteen90]

Could it be machined to fit det valves?

[Wookie384]

I was talking about the valve stems, I don't know about the valve/valve seats. Sorry, edited my previous comment for clarity.

[Def]

Heads are not the same. FWD heads put the distributor out the back of the head into the firewall if it was mounted on a RWD block. Look at pics of the two engines and look at where the CAS is on a DET and the distributor is on a FWD DE.

[Def]

BTW - I do have a good condition RWD DET head I'll ship ya if you're interested. All the bits are in their own individual baggy, grouped by valve, so it's a simple toss it together and go affair.