Paul,
I'm not that far from Portland. Any way to get in touch with Mr. Huntley?
I too would be very interested in the results from the use of such a head.
WFO Herb
Paul A Asgeirsson wrote:
> Cross Flow Head.
>
> Stan Huntley in Portland Oregon has a cross flow cast iron head for his
> old A series Morris Pick Up racer. Sure have wondered about how much
> improved the engine ran with this mod. Anyone out there with experience
> with this head?
>
> Paul
> PAsgeirsson@juno.com
>
> On Sat, 15 May 1999 06:58:40 GMT "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
> writes:
> >Any idea what stage this project got to?
> >There may well be the dies sitting somewhere gathering dust when they
> >could
> >be at a foudry creating new heads for old engines. I often wonder what
> >
> >happened to the "mould" for the REPCO high power X-flow head for the
> >138c.i.
> >"grey motor" that G.M.HOLDEN produced from 1948-1963. Only a handfull
> >of
> >thes heads were ever made, as rare as rocking horse sh*t, I've known
> >cars to
> >be stolen just for the X-flow head.
> >Andy
> >
> >>From: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
> >>Reply-To: Scott Fisher <sefisher@cisco.com>
> >>To: Daniel1312@aol.com
> >>CC: Ajhsys@aol.com, spritenut@Exit109.com, spridgets@autox.team.net,
> >
> >>toyman@htcomp.net
> >>Subject: Light Headed
> >>Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 11:23:02 -0700
> >>
> >>Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> >> >
> >> > In a message dated 13/5/1999 2:40:14PM, Ajhsys@aol.com writes:
> >> >
> >> > << The A series cars could get close... >>
> >> >
> >> > I think you have to put this comment in perspective. The A series
> >
> >>engined
> >> > cars were delibrately NOT fitted with the Cooper S head because
> >they
> >>were
> >> > embarrasingly quite compared to the MGB. In other words they made
> >them
> >>SLOW
> >> > on purpose.
> >>
> >>And the perfect segue to the story of Eddie Maher and the Engine That
> >>Never Was!
> >>
> >>In the mid-Sixties -- about the time Spridges were getting 1275s
> >instead
> >>of 1098s -- Honda was making a first pass at a Grand Prix car, and
> >>decided to try making some small sports cars. The S600 and S800 that
> >>developed were roughly Spridget-sized, using jewel-like little
> >>motorcycle engines that put out considerably more power than the 10CG
> >>*or* the 1275 (or even the Triumph 1500 :-).
> >>
> >>Geoff Healey, who tells the story, said that they were very worried
> >>about the Honda taking sales away from Spridgets, so they got BMC to
> >>throw a few pounds at them to see what they could come up with. They
> >>borrowed Eddie Maher, one of the racing/rally team members, and had
> >him
> >>put together a new cylinder head which could be bolted onto the A
> >>Series.
> >>
> >>Apparently, Eddie did such a good job that the head he came up with
> >not
> >>only made the Spridget faster than the Honda, it also made it faster
> >>than the MGB, and it would even have been easier to produce than the
> >>12G940 head. Honda allegedly got wind of this special head and
> >pulled
> >>the S600 and S800 out of the UK market. With the threat disappearing
> >>before it even arrived, BMC realized they couldn't make a cheap car
> >that
> >>went faster than an expensive one (a decision they'd make again with
> >the
> >>MGB-V8), so Eddie's project was shelved.
> >>
> >>Geoff doesn't say anything else about that head, such as whether it
> >was
> >>the inspiration for the eight-port alloy heads used on the Le Mans
> >>Sprites, or even whether it was a crossflow design. I can't imagine
> >>that it was still a five-holer, but you never can tell.
> >>
> >>And speaking of cylinder heads, has anyone here used one of the
> >>al-yew-minnie-um heads that Moss (et al.) are advertising in the back
> >of
> >>the latest Spridget catalog? My soon-to-arrive roundarch is said to
> >>have a freshened up motor, so I'm not planning to do anything major
> >to
> >>it for a year or so. But a 9-lb aluminum head (allegedly with 35%
> >>better flow capability, no less) has me thinking of Rimflo valves,
> >>high-ratio rockers, and all the usual tweaks. Many thanks to anyone
> >who
> >>has experiences to share...
> >>
> >>--Scott Fisher
> >
> >
>
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