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DANIEL
 Post subject: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:30 pm 
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Whats your location?: Abbeyfeale Co limerick
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1969 riley elf
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I sent my 1275 block to the engineering works today to have it bored out for 73.5mm pistons. Can anyone tell me which is the best cylinder head to use? I dont want to spend a fortune ordering one from mini spares. I think what I'm looking for is a metro head.
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The Marcos Graveyard
 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:54 pm 
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What compression were you going to run ?

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DANIEL
 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:13 am 
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Dont know what compression i need. Just want to build a fast engine for road use
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 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:24 am 
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What Minis have you?: Mini miglea 1480cc

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What cc pistons did you get?
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DANIEL
 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:34 am 
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Didn't get pistons yet. Hoping to bring it up to 1380cc. Guy in the engineering works is checking out pistons for me.
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The Marcos Graveyard
 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:49 pm 
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You need to do a bit of homework, it's not just a matter of throwing a few bits together.

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 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:40 pm 
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Hi all that depends on what you want out if it.
Do you want it to be used everyday / easy to drive or outright power high up the rev range.
Be warned if you built a screamer you won't like it when you won't get power below 4000 rpm.
Some suggestions.
Do your own head following the yellow bible. This can be done on a budget.
Or pay loads of money for a new head done by the likes of minispares.
Their heads come from Keith calver who has his own website too.
No harm in having a chat with him.
He also supplies nice cams. I used the re13ot with great results.
The sw5 cam from swift used to be a good cam too but tends to wear fast these days.
What kind of power are you looking for and what kind of driving will you be doing that's the main question you should be asking yourself.
Aim for good torque from early in the rev range. You won't regret it that way.
By the way I am selling a 2nd hand head already modified.
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Billy
 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:43 am 
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Dan,

Was the block rebored before to 1293, 1310 etc? Once you wear out a 1380, that's it.

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DANIEL
 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:30 pm 
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Bill

Went for 73.5mm pistons so that will be 1380. I have been told that with a kent 266 cam it should be a nice fast road engine.
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The Marcos Graveyard
 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:14 pm 
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I always thought the 266 was a mild road cam.

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 Post subject: Re: Which Cylinder Head?
PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:08 pm 
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Md 266 is an old profile at this stage.
Much nicer cams available these days.
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