Bummer. When it comes to cracks like that I just don’t know. I’ve heard it both ways some say it’s fine/normal others will say the head is toast. The precups can be changed I’d probably do that at a minimum.
I love this build and seeing the updates. Hope you get a solid answer on the head
Thanks for the thoughts. It seems the consensus from others is that it could run for two weeks or 2 years but hard to rest easy. I can easily find precups, but it is going to cost ~$1500 to have the cracks hot welded and machined which seems high for remanufacturing it. I have heard mixed reviews on running a welded head.
Still trying to find a new option. Not many available and hard to tell which Chinese options are worthwhile.
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