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Subject:Re: Question about KOLBENSCHMIDT cylinder heads
From:Joseph Fortino
Date:Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:06:24 -0800

Anyone have a nice pair for a 1.9l other than ebay? good price

Thanks,
Joe

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Joseph  Fortino
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----         harald_nancy <harald_nancy@EMAIL.MSN.COM> wrote:
> Just saw this on ebay:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=600682228&
> r=0&t=0
>
> These sellers are auctioning a KOLBENSCHMIDT pair
> of 2.1l wasserboxer cylinder heads.
> Price is getting up there.
> Comparing the cylinder head casting to a set of AMC and original
> OEM German cylinder heads (spares that I have),
> they sure look like the AMC heads sold by list vendors for less.
> I suspect they are just AMC heads repackaged by KOLBENSCHMIDT
> and sold at a higher price.
> Also they don't show the valves on the pic, so you can't tell
> if they have the oem sodium filled valves (with the little dimple in
> the
> center)
> or the less expensive solid steel AMC valves.
> Does anyone know more about Kolbenschmidt wasserboxer cylinder heads
> and if they are made in Germany or Spain?
> Harald
> '90 westy
>

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