so this means even if I'm out of spec a little on my ABA rebuild, it should
last at least 100K miles?

Just kidding.  ..... kind of.

Nice Don. That's pretty incredible value. They are a stout engine.

Neil.

On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

>   Just noticed that my odometer is now 9000 miles past 400k... I remember
> turning 300k after I put a 93 jetta block (ABA 2liter) under the "original'
> 1.8 liter motor's head... That allows me to keep everything below the
> lid...
>    At a guess, I had over 100000 miles on that head on the 1.8 liter motor
> before I bolted it onto my $300 Jetta motor...
>    Still no signs of anything bad..
> Still getting 24+ mpg...Not bad, eh?  Hopefully another couple of hundred
> thousand miles before I need to pop in another $300 inline....
>

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