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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/26/18 12:14 PM, Andrew Uprichard
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman","serif"">When it comes to the
            4-cylinder TR models, I am aware of four variations on
            cylinder head design:  the original low-port TR2 head, the
            “le Mans” head which was a variation on the low port design,
            the high port head which came with most of the TR3s and the
            TR4 head with the smaller intake aperture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman","serif"">But someone was talking to me
            the other day about a variation in the high port TR3 head. 
            According to this guy, there was a variation in the
            thermostat housing, some of which were more sloping than
            rounded.  He claimed the sloped design was more attractive
            as it lended itself to more shaving and thus a better, high
            compression engine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman","serif"">I must admit I had never
            heard about this.  I have three heads sitting in my barns
            and all have what appears to be the same, rounded underneath
            to the thermostat housing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New
            Roman","serif"">Has anyone heard of this?<br>
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    <p>Yes I have & wrote a web page</p>
    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tr3a.info/FAQ_heads.htm">http://www.tr3a.info/FAQ_heads.htm</a></p>
    TeriAnn<br>
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