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RE: Cylinder head interchangeability

To: "'Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou'" <dougbert@rcn.com>,
Subject: RE: Cylinder head interchangeability
From: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:07:29 -0500
My understanding is the high comp. comes from a longer stoke.
Bore size on a 1296 is 2.90"
Bore size on a 1493 is 2.90"

You might change the heads and not get anything.

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou [mailto:dougbert@rcn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 2:38 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Cylinder head interchangeability



Hello,

Would a head from a '65 1500 engine fit my '72 1300 engine?
The engine is the later-type 1300, which uses the 1500-style
head gasket.

The '76 cars were supposed to have 9:1 compression, and
(possibly with a bit of milling), I could have a high-compression
head for my car without messing up the original one...

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

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