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    Re-hardening Aluminium heads?

    Cryo is a cold process, liquid nitrogen... and mainly used in very high performance vehicles, adds strength and hardness to the alloy. I will be doing some work on the head in prep' for swap over. I'll keep the stock valves [ex = 24mm, inl't - 27.5mm] I'll do the following: enlarge the exhaust...
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    Re-hardening Aluminium heads?

    Update - I've been asking around far and wide. Most people say no. However it can be done. It is a heating / cooling process which I think is referred to as Precipitation hardening. It is quite expensive so it would no be viable in the ordinary run of things. Only really useful for very rare or...
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    Re-hardening Aluminium heads?

    Thank you. I'm continuing to look into this.
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    re hardening aluminium heads

    Over time I've acquired some spare heads for my '98 LR Freelander which has the MG Rover K series 1.8 mph engine. Yes they are all K series heads and are complete. One is a VVC head. The engine it was on had been overheated. I stripped it except for the valve seats. There are fire ring...
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    Re-hardening Aluminium heads?

    OK over time I've acquired some spare heads for my '98 LR Freelander which has the K series 1.8 mph engine. Yes they are all K series heads and are complete. One is a VVC head. The engine it was on had been overheated. I stripped it except for the valve seats. There are fire ring indentation...
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    Hello from Southern New Zealand

    Hello, I'm Alan and my moniker is HTR. As you can see I'm live in Southern New Zealand and I currently drive a Land Rover Freelander 1. It has the petrol MG Rover K series 1.8 mph motor [18K4F...]. In car interest terms I come from a British car back ground and for many years owned a selection...

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