In all this piston/head business, I thought I'd throw out a shameless
commercial plug for my engine builder, Al Burtoni in Gilroy, CA (V-12
Engineering), since I think he did a GREAT job. My stock block, stock stroke
(not a tall block or stroker) Lotus twin cam built by Al has over 190HP, sees
9,000 rpm, and WENT OVER 120 HOURS before requiring freshening (yeah, I have
an hourmeter installed!). I think he's got the piston/head/valve clearance
right!!
Regards,
Myles H. Kitchen
Lotus Cortina Mk1 #128
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