TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:
>> I visited Steve Newell, the Newell boys and the Newell TR4's this
>> summer. We looked at the head off of Steve's early TR4. It looked
>> like a TR3 head from the top (no flat area above the #1 intake port),
>> but from the bottom it looked like a TR4 head (with the cast in
>> chamfers). I've not read of a head made like this. It must of been
>> cast during the change of design. Any one else seen heads like
>> this? I'm just a curious kinda guy. Kent Shrack TR3a
>
> Steve has an interesting cylinder head. When I first put my head
> diagram together I was allowed to spend a day browsing through a wall
> of TR2 through 4A heads at a British car wrecking yard that was big on
> Triumphs. I went through well over 40 cylinder heads, each marked
> with the model they came off of, measuring each one and marking them
> down in my notebook. In my research I did not come across a head like
> Steve's. His head seems to be the last TR3A (83mm standard
> fittment)casting that had been machined for 86mm pistons. This head
> is a question that will probably never be answered. Was the factory
> just using up castings on hand during the transition? Was this an
> official configuration for a short time at the beginning of TR4/3B
> production?
I'll take a few photos for you, TeriAnn, as my strange head is resting
on the workbench today.
Steven
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