[Fot] TR6 Aluminum Heads

[Bob Kramer]

I have one of them, they are real. I like it so much I spent $300 getting a 
minor flaw welded only to store it for safe keeping. I'm afraid to ruin it. 
It came with my TR4A, which was originally owned by a Triumph dealer in 
Baton Rouge. He was one of the lucky ones to get one from Kas.

Bob Kramer
Volente, TX

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch 
excellence.
Vince Lombardi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BillDentin at aol.com>
To: <rjl6n at cstone.net>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 Aluminum Heads


> In a message dated 04/20/2010 12:07:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
> rjl6n at cstone.net writes:
>
>> The serious engine builders like them because it is
>> a lot easier to grind the chambers to improve the
>> flow.
>>
> I'm sure that's so, but it can bite you in the foot too.  The head I have 
> I
> bought from Darryl Uprichards (sp?) in the UK many years ago when someone
> had made a couple dozen (a guess).  Darryl had two left when I ordered 
> mine,
> and he ruined one of them prepping mine.  I believe him because he shipped
> me a piece of the ruined one along with the good one.  That 'woops' had to 
> be
> a bitter pill for Darryl at the time as they were rare.  Subsequently
> someone made a whole bunch of them.
>
> Someone told me that in the glory days, there were a limited number of
> special TRIUMPH heads cast with a thicker base, lending itself to shaving
> options.  Maybe that's sour grapes by people who got passed.  I've never 
> seen one.
> If that's a true story, I have to assume KAS has seen them...and up close.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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