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08-29-2018, 05:11 PM | #1 |
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Unusual cylinder heads
Hello, Can anyone identify these cylinder heads. I have a pair and I believe they are pretty war, judging from the single water outlet.
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08-29-2018, 05:14 PM | #2 |
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Re: Unusual cylinder heads
Cant get beyond 3 photos of your truck.
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08-29-2018, 05:15 PM | #3 |
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Well that didn't work, stand by.
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08-29-2018, 05:22 PM | #4 |
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It works , you just have to click on "Back to album list"
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08-29-2018, 05:47 PM | #5 |
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Re: Unusual cylinder heads
There was just a discussion here about Weiand cheater heads.
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08-29-2018, 05:54 PM | #6 |
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08-29-2018, 06:30 PM | #7 |
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Wouldn't it be easier to post the photos in the post as attachments?
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08-29-2018, 07:29 PM | #8 |
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08-29-2018, 08:13 PM | #9 |
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Those surely are different! Can't say that I've ever seen a combustion chamber with that big dimple. I'd bet that those are not of Ford origin, but what do I know? DD
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08-29-2018, 09:13 PM | #10 |
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I think they are an aftermarket replacement head.
A lot of them were available at the parts houses back when, priced cheaper than the Ford dealer source. Many frozen/broken heads in the '30s-'40s because folks used inexpensive alcohol for freeze protection rather than permanent anti-freeze in their autos. Last edited by 42merc; 08-29-2018 at 09:25 PM. |
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08-29-2018, 11:26 PM | #12 |
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08-29-2018, 11:36 PM | #13 |
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Those heads are real "groovy". I wonder if the groove was an attempt to increase the size of the transfer area to the combustion chamber?
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08-30-2018, 07:38 AM | #14 |
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Never seen W "cheater" heads like that. Check the rear side of those water outlets to see if there is anything stamped there.
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08-30-2018, 10:34 AM | #15 |
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Re: patented suggestion
No, not without a name or pat. number. They would need a name or number as place to start. https://www.google.com/advanced_patent_search You could try this; http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm
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08-30-2018, 10:40 AM | #16 |
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08-30-2018, 01:48 PM | #17 |
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Interesting head design but I don't see any benefit. The groove kind of misses the transfer area.
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08-30-2018, 02:33 PM | #18 |
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Back a number of years ago I was testing several combustion chamber shapes for best flow. In the stock heads the 8BA and EAB are very good. However in a effort to increas compression the angle of the transfer area is important. For street I used an 8 degree angle when I was re chambering heads. and a 12 degree angle was best for flow. But the castings were not thick enough for this. The best chamber was a wedge chamber similar to the chevy 409 engine woth a 7 deg piston angle and an 8 Deg head angle. Tried to have Egge make a set of pistons, but they were to expensive. HOwever in 02 on a trip to Bville with JWL the pistons in that engine were of the wedge type. I don't believe any of this would have much an affect on a street engine.
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08-30-2018, 02:46 PM | #19 |
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Maybe the 'groove' in those heads are to accommodate some sort of wedge or baffled pistons....
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08-30-2018, 05:07 PM | #20 |
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Here is a picture of a pair of 21 stud Ford Heads. I believe that the one in the front showing the firing order is from a British Ford Pilot. The Ford Pilot V8's were sold from 1949 to 1951, or there abouts, and were a popular import to Australia. Can anyone confirm that this Head is off a Ford Pilot? |
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