Well the 96' I bought in april has a 99' block with a 96' head.
The head rebuilt from when the block blew, and the 99' rebuilt from a Grand Am.
Is this going to change any numbers(IE compression) for the motor?
I thought I've read somewhere that the 96-97 and 98-99 motors were different somehow.
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Yea you cant use a 96 head with a 99 block. The water jackets are different.
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Im running a 97 head on my 01 block with no issues.
As David said the water jackets are different, but you'll be fine. You will also have a little bit more compression as an added bonus.
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im using a 97 block with a 00 head... no issues here... besides having to heli-coil the knock sensor port on the block to accept the 00 sensor
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Thats weird guys, I don't see how you guys are not having issues. I compared head gaskets on the blocks with the said years and was like nope, not doing that. But glad you guys arent having issues.
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i've also got a 96-98 head on a '00 block. been running strong daily for what will be 2 months tomorrow, and around 2,500 miles.
definately a small boost in compression is had from this setup. flat top pistons in 99+ blocks and the 96-98 heads have a slightly shallower combustion chamber than the 99+.
the water jackets are a bit different, but i haven't had any leak issues thus far with using the 96-98 head gasket. good setup
Shiaat lol, I could of saved myself a lot of trouble if I went with my orginal setup lol
Did you guys modify your head gaskets or something?
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lol dave nope man, it just swaps. im surprised you didnt know that. now paul is the opposite, 99+ on a 97 block. im doing a 97 head on an 00 block right now...
OP- go with it man, its a good setup. not much of a compression bump but its a little bit. every bit counts.
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Well I've had no issues thus far.
Good to hear that other people have similar set ups with no issues.
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yeah, i have high comp race pistons in my 97 block
i didnt modify the gasket at all. i'm pretty sure all that needs to be done is to use the matching gasket for the head. like 96-98 head gets a 96-98 gasket and a 99+ head gets a 99+ gasket. at least that's the way i understood it when i ordered my gaskets, and i haven't had any issues yet, lol (knock on wood).
Im pretty sure my gasket matches my block. The car has run flawlessly temperature wise for several months.
I think most people use the same gasket that matches the head.
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