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RE: Cylinder head interchangeability

To: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Cylinder head interchangeability
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:12:02 -0500
True, but I wouldn't be worse off than with the original head....
I was considering milling the original head, but
I would rather mill a second head and keep the original
unchanged.

Doug

At 03:07 PM 9/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>
>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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