First I'd like to apologize if I'm in the wrong section. But through much research, I haven't found an EXACT answer.

So I have a 2007 TL Type-S that I've owned for about 6 years. It's automatic (unfortunately) and I just got 120,000 miles. Bout a week ago the girlfriend was driving and the timing belt went out on her. I ftowed it back home. And pulled it apart. The front head cam gear was completely froze by the 2 feet of belt wedged between it and the head.

So I replaced the belt, and after starting it... it ran like pure garbage... so I triple checked the timing and made sure it was perfect and it was. So I began to fear the worst... BENT VALVES!

So I pulled out the compression tester and tested all cylinders.

Rear head is PERFECT
Front head is ZERO compression all the 3...
So I have either bent or broken valves in the whole front head...

SO, what I would like to do is just do a head swap and call it a day.

My question is:

BESIDES PERFORMANCE...
What differences are there in the J35 heads? (casting, intake & exhaust ports, oil and coolant passages, deck height or compression differences, etc etc etc)

Will any J35 head bolt up and work with the J35A8 engine?

Could I use an Odyssey J35A6 Head and it will run correctly?

Or could I use any J35 head and put my Type S cam into the Odyssey head to keep my performance? (etc etc etc)

Because it's obviously much harder to find a Type-S J35A8 head than it is to find J35A4 or J35A6 head so I'm just seeing what my options are (if any).

I'm a big K and B series guy not too much J's... so I need you big J series guys to share some expertise.

Thank You so much for any help!

 

I have a friend selling type a heads without he camshaft. How much you looking to spend? I'll forward him this thread

 

Did you ever get an answer to your question? What did you decide to do?

 

Wow, 120k is the earliest belt failure I've heard of on a J Series. I waited until 113k myself.

 

Go over to the Honda Accord forums, there are plenty of Gen 6 Accords with the J30 where folks haven't heeded the 7-year or 105,000-mile TB replacement recommendation, whichever comes first, and have suffered bent valves in as little as sixty or seventy thousand miles.

 

^^^^ But don't fix what not broken......