[Healeys] Why did they make it like that?

[Richard Ewald]

Alan,
On most cars built in other countries, I would agree with you.  But on
something British, I am going to stick with they had an excess of square
holes and a shortage of round holes.
Rick

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike -
>
> I would almost be certain that when they designed the head they ran
> into a problem with the water gallery / head bolt connections with the
> block and balancing that with giving the head enough strength not to
> crack, probably the easiest solution was to make the port taller and
> square rather than round.  Remember they made these when round or
> square would have made no difference in the power output of these
> cars.
>
> Alan
>
>
> - Original message -
> Well, my question about square exhaust port holes ...
>
> On 7/1/08, Michael Gladwin <michaelgladwin at mac.com> wrote:
> > Well, my question about square exhaust port holes met with (almost)
> > complete silence.  Surely someone knows?  Not that it is important.
> > I'll try with a second question more relevant to present repair work.
> > What rate piston spring should be in a tri-carb carb.  I think it is
> > red (4 1/2 oz). Can anyone help or are you all burbling over to San
> > Diego and over-indulging in Dos XX?
> >
> > Mike Gladwin
> > BT7 II
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