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keith
 Post subject: old school twincam
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:10 am 
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Whats your location?: Dún Laoghaire, Dublin
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What Minis have you?: '93 SPi cooper
Location: Dún Laoghaire, Dublin
an anyone ID this head?
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steeo
 Post subject: Re: old school twincam
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:36 am 
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Looks like an old skool corolla twin cam engine.
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The Marcos Graveyard
 Post subject: Re: old school twincam
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:17 am 
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Whats your location?: Longford
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Looks very like a Weslake head.

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macker
 Post subject: Re: old school twincam
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:02 am 
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Whats your location?: THE FRIDGE I TOLD YE!!
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looks very like a KAD 16valve head to me

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BERT
 Post subject: Re: old school twincam
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:49 am 
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Its an early KAD head
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kona
 Post subject: Re: old school twincam
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:09 am 
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Its a weslake head.

Its on Pg237 of Tuning A-series 3rd edition.
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Merlin
 Post subject: Re: old school twincam
PostPosted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:58 am 
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What Minis have you?: Mk1 Austin Mini,Mk3 Layland Mini,72Van,81 Clubman Estate, 87 Race carand a 2000 Rover Cooper.
Modifications: Mk1: 998 with flat top slipper pistons, 286 cam, 12G940 head 11:1 compression twin inch and a half SU's 5 speed gearbox. Mk3 998 automatic no mods, 72Van is a pile of rust, , Racer is being built but has the works and the 2000 rover cooper needs an engine again :(
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Yup most definitely Weslake As far as I'm aware it was a copy of the ford BDA twin cam head again where KAD first got there design hence why the look so similar
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