Well, the jury is still out untill it runs, but so far I've been pleased with ACH. 6 days after I clicked 'buy it now' I've got a new head on my living room floor$490 beans out the door...hard to beat, if it works ACH contacted me twice with my tracking #..first time was the day it went out, then a courtesy e-mail today reminding me of my tracking # and that my head was scheduled to be delivered today So the truck goes into the garage tomorrow to come apart. Now for the picsSorry for the lame quality--you'd think a 700 dollar digital camcorder would snap a better shot

Crated up:



That's what I want!



UPS lady used a dolly--I don't blame her!



All nestled in:

 

Headshots!!!

 

WOOOHOOOO


Where can I get one of those camcorders

 

Yeah, what a POS! It takes good video, but the snapshot feature is lame at best. But, my digi cam is out in the Dodge and it's 5 degrees and I just inherited my wifes' bronchitis

 

sounds like the perfect time for a head swap

 

I'm anxiously awaiting your results!! My headgasket/head ?? is leaking now since my water pump crapped out a couple of months ago and things got hot.

 

Vary cool

Looking forward to some more pic's,........ with your camera

$490.00 sound like a Heck of grate deal to me!!!!!!!!!!

so how do the ports look? are you going to port it.......How ruff is the casting in the ports?

Flash.

 

Also awaiting the verdict. Why is the model a 6BTAA? What's the extra "A"? Don't you technically have a 6BT? Is there a difference? Good luck and thanks for being our guinea pig! Feel better. ( after its installed prolly)

 

I'll get some good pics later this morning. We're gearing up for a pretty big snowstorm today, so the truck might not even make it to the garage The casting is a lot nicer than I expected. Someone else had mentioned that ACH cleans them up when they get them--must be true. As much as I'd like to do some porting, I think I'll just gasket match and drop it on. I'd like some practice time on my junk head before I go ruining a good thing.

I'm not sure what the extra 'a' is. Technically, yes, I have a 6bt. AFAIK, other than the original designation of being non-aftercooled, I'm not aware of any differences. Looks like a good piece with lots more meat than the old one. Pics after breakfast!

 

Hope you get her running. Some good grease and oil/diesel fumes will make you feel better.

 

Ok, better pics. Gonna tear down this afternoon!

 

Pic's look grate.......is this a 7mm head (intercooled) or a 9?.........Do they,(ACH) even make a 9mm injector head?



Flash.

 

Any new head should be 7mm injector bores. There's a reason they reduced the size and Greg knows all to well why.

 

i heard something about enlarging the fuel filter passages. so that you could flow fuel better.

 

YES, I know, vary much understand, ...............Just curiosity ya know.


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