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Re: Is a 1296 head same as a 1500 head?

To: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: Is a 1296 head same as a 1500 head?
From: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 15:56:08 +0100
Hi Trevor
Yes you could providing you don't mind running it on diesel! The compression
ratio for our engines is set by the height of the combustion chamber.
However if it is a US spec head it may only bring the compression ratio up
to what we have here in the UK.

Graham.

----- Original Message -----
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 6:44 AM
Subject: Is a 1296 head same as a 1500 head?


>
>   Subject says it all, can I use a 1296 head as a spare
> for my 1500?
>
>   If not, who wants a 1296 head? ;>
>
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