Rear Head, Pistons, Piston Rings

[emahusay]

Somehow a washer dropped in my #2, and damaged the head and piston. Cylinder wall is untouched.

I have an engine with a spun bearing lined up for $350, but if I could just get the head and a piston(s) with useable rings for cheaper, I'd be much more interested.

I may have a few things you'd be interested in trading in, nothing fancy but let me know.

[BaadVR4]

First or second gen? I know I have stock rod/piston for either and I think I have a 1st gen head. LMK. Thanks,
Milt

[emahusay]

2nd gen. Are the heads interchangeable?

[Nationalmilkman]

Rear head is not interchangeable. Fronts are interchangeable. '93+ have the mounting location for the cam sensor, '91-92 does not.

You can make them work if your willing to rewire the cam/CAS sensor though.

[emahusay]

How difficult is that?

[gs1000kat]

I assume TT? Or N/A?

[Nationalmilkman]

I got a '92 rear N/A head sitting here. Pm me if you still need it.

[BaadVR4]

Not easy. Wiring harness is different 1st gen vs. 2nd gen, as are the ECUs. 1st gen has a combined cam/crank angle sensor driven by rear intake cam. 2nd gen has a crank angle sensor separate from the cam angle sensor and the cam angle sensor utilizes a blade driven off the rear exhaust cam at the front of the engine. So the heads, rear exhaust cams, sensors, wiring and ECUs are all different.

How difficult is that?

[stealthee]

Its not as difficult as you make it seem.

[BaadVR4]

Its not as difficult as you make it seem.

OP is an owner since August 2011 and a forum member since Dec 2011. He was unaware of differences in the way 1st and 2nd gen cars develop/process inputs for crank and cam positions. I would suggest his experience level is likely fairly low. I think his best option to get his car running is to use identical replacement parts. They are plug and play, without any added chances of error from trying to modify the parts/car/etc to adapt different pieces to work together.

"Easy" and "Difficult" are relative terms. What is quite "easy" for one person is really "difficult" for another. I responded to OP's question regarding "You can make them work if your willing to rewire the cam/CAS sensor though" and how difficult that might be. My opinion is "rewiring the cam/CAS sensor to make it work" would be difficult for OP and not the best plan to get his car running.