- 1. Small heads in big engines (score: 1)
- Author: yak@doe.carleton.ca (Yatish Kumar )
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 15:05:22 EDT
- I just had the engine (1275cc) in my midget rebuilt. 500 miles later I took it back for the guy to look over. Now he claims that the water from the cooling system is getting into the oil. Reason ? B
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00016.html (7,470 bytes)
- 2. Re: Small heads in big engines (score: 1)
- Author: greg@uts.amdahl.com (Greg Bullough)
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 12:55 PDT
- Yatish Kumar tells us: I'd replace the mechanic's head (if necessary the whole assembly) first. He's supposed to be the expert, and you paid him to rebuild the engine. If he couldn't make it work, he
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00019.html (8,073 bytes)
- 3. Re: Small heads in big engines (score: 1)
- Author: mason@ftp.com (Dark Mason)
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 16:29:58 -0400
- presumably springs/caps not included. But I think you can use everything else from your 1000 head. $249.95. You should be able to get a new one much cheaper. Putting a small bore head on a large bor
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00022.html (7,420 bytes)
- 4. Re: Small heads in big engines (score: 1)
- Author: sfisher@Pa.dec.com
- Date: Tue, 01 Oct 91 14:25:36 PDT
- You need to get more esoteric to find the casting numbers for each engine. If your head really came from a 1000cc engine (really either 997 or 998cc), I don't know what casting number it will have o
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00027.html (8,300 bytes)
- 5. Re: Small heads in big engines (score: 1)
- Author: Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdln.spd.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 91 14:51:26 PDT
- Most important of all: you are squishing 20% more swept volumn into the combustion chamber, therefor you will raise your compression 20%. If you have a blown head gasket(which is what it sounds like
- /html/british-cars/1991-10/msg00028.html (7,113 bytes)
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