Ray: Do you have David Vizard's book? If not get it and do your own head! Get
it anyway, it will answer almost all your questions about tuning your 1275.
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From <JRLNJ at aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:42 PM
Subject: Cylinder Heads- 1275
> I just pulled the 1275 out of my Bugeye for a rebuild. I want to get some
> more horsepower out of it, but keep a comfortable idle, and good low end
> power.
> I had an LCB header, 2" pipe, with glasspacks on it. I picked up, through
> the list, a 40 DCOE Weber, with an aluminum intake (Canon, I think), about 3
> 1/2- 4" long to use.
>
> Minimania has a Longman unleaded head, fully assembled, with "street
> porting", for $800. Moss, etc, has an aluminum head , that claims to have
> an equal porting job, " 35% more efficient than stock (airflow)". I read
> that the aluminum head has a thicker base, and must be skimmed to reduce the
> combustion chambers to 21cc.
>
> Which is the better way to go?
> Should I stick with the stock pistons, or go to a higher compression ratio?
> Remember- I'm not looking for a racing motor, just a quick street motor, with
> good low end, etc.
> All comments will be appreciated.
>
> Ray Lynch
> Bugeye
> BJ8
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