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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>TeriAnn:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>I am no Kas Kastner, but I am equally impressed – and grateful. Thank you !!<br><br>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> TeriAnn J. Wakeman [mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 26, 2018 5:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> triumphs@autox.team.net; auprichard@uprichard.net >> Andrew Uprichard<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] TR cylinder heads<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/26/18 12:14 PM, Andrew Uprichard wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Has anyone heard of this?</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p>Yes I have & wrote a web page<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://www.tr3a.info/FAQ_heads.htm">http://www.tr3a.info/FAQ_heads.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>TeriAnn<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://overlandtravel.us">Book - The Essential Guide to Overland Travel in the United States and Canada</a> <br>2 years to write and 38 years of travel and camping to learn what to write<br><br><b>Because the world beckons and life waits for no one</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>