Repaired Winfield Crowfoot on eBay

[AL in NY]

Here's the link: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...22&_sacat=6028

[gwhite]

Major pitting on the mating surface...may require so much to remove/flatten the head could be too thin IMO. Original cast iron Winfield heads in good condition typically go for $600-800

[hb32]

Originally Posted by gwhite

Original cast iron Winfield heads in good condition typically go for $600-800

Where do I find one of them?

[gwhite]

From my experience, best place(s) to buy Winfield stuff is at swap meets. Ebay prices are outrageous and you can't really tell what you're getting.

Saw two Winfield heads at Chickasha pre-war meet last year and the year before...$550 for a yellow head and $700 for a red head. Both probably needed a light surfacing for cleanup.

I bought my yellow head (early production - 18mm plugs) a couple years ago for $500; it ended up having a small crack between the water passages that I had repaired and needed .025" removed from the surface to clean/true it up. Got my Winfield SR-B carb and matching intake at a swap meet around the same time - $600 (I've seen incomplete carbs on Ebay go for similar prices).

[62pan]

Swap meet is probably the best place to look. You really need to place close attention to the deck. My 6-1 was checked for cracks and none found but it took .030 to clean the surface and then I put the flycut back in. After 300 miles I now have a small crack in the water passage near the center of the head. If there is no flycut for the pistons and the deck is questionable keep looking.

[gwhite]

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Originally Posted by 62pan

Swap meet is probably the best place to look. You really need to place close attention to the deck. My 6-1 was checked for cracks and none found but it took .030 to clean the surface and then I put the flycut back in. After 300 miles I now have a small crack in the water passage near the center of the head. If there is no flycut for the pistons and the deck is questionable keep looking.

Curious if you know how deep the flycut originally was on the 6:1s...after cutting, mine ended up at 0.035 and I know it was cut 0.025" this time. With the truing up my block needed, we ended up taking 0.015 off the piston tops to provide sufficient piston-to-head clearance.

[62pan]

Not sure what they came with but mine were anywhere from .035 to .043 I redid them at .035

[gwhite]

Originally Posted by 62pan

Not sure what they came with but mine were anywhere from .035 to .043 I redid them at .035

Interesting...crowsfoot or non? Mine is a non-crowsfoot...I've heard they were different in valve pocket and flycut height.

[62pan]

Non crowsfoot. I have been looking for a crowsfoot for sometime now with no luck. Not sure if I would be comfortable milling a crowsfoot so I passed on a few.

[hardtimes]

Originally Posted by hb32

Where do I find one of them?

Hey hb,
IMO, you would do well to put an order in for a new Winfield with CR of you choice to Tod Buttermore , a member here. He is in the process of making Winfields now with improvements in structure and metallurgy for us. It may take awhile till he has finished product, but that will worth the wait to get a NEW Winfield that will have crowfoot configuration.