Just for interest's sake - Weslake SB Chevy 4-valve heads

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Re: Just for interest's sake - Weslake SB Chevy 4-valve head

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flyingwedge wrote:The motor, that begs to be built, is the rover V8 with lotus 907 heads,(same bore spacing). 907 heads are easy to get via Jensen Healey. Major obstacle is getting 4 custom/round lobe cams made or a single-plane crank. Costly proposition, either way. flyingwedge. :(
Being that the ROVER alloy V8 is almost the same as the BUICK / OLDS F85 block how about a set of REPCO - BRABHAM cyl heads .... mind you, you will have to use a flat plane crank or alter the cams these were 2 valve heads intake 41.3mm ex 34.9mm the engine weighed 300 lb and produced 298 bhp @ 7500
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Warpspeed wrote: But how about some of the Japanese DOHC four valve V8s ?
Now used in many SUVs there are enough of them around and they are not expensive, and many go faster bits are available from Japan.
Good point.I drove a Toyota Tundra the other day. 4 door, 4x4, etc. It was strong for a 5.7 at over 5000 lbs. It would be impressive at 2800 lbs.
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Ron E wrote:
Warpspeed wrote: But how about some of the Japanese DOHC four valve V8s ?
Now used in many SUVs there are enough of them around and they are not expensive, and many go faster bits are available from Japan.
Good point.I drove a Toyota Tundra the other day. 4 door, 4x4, etc. It was strong for a 5.7 at over 5000 lbs. It would be impressive at 2800 lbs.
>> Nice concept, but what is the bore spacing ? Not exactly horsehoes here. We need a lil' better than "close". Rover/sbb is 4.240". Then we'll need a crank, to handle all that impressive power. Cheers, flyingwedge. [-o<
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flyingwedge wrote:Then we'll need a crank, to handle all that impressive power.
Cheers, flyingwedge. [-o<
The Toyota DOHC four valve V8 engines actually come with the crank already installed.
Made of forged steel too.
Cheers, Tony.
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and they have been pist - on too !
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I'm going to trade my Toyota HalfTundra in for a 3/4 Tundra.
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lada ok wrote:and they have been pist - on too !
:-k
Is this a good thing or bad?

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Kenova wrote:
lada ok wrote:and they have been pist - on too !
:-k
Is this a good thing or bad?

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It very good have pissed on, joined to con rod, what make engine go.
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Re: Just for interest's sake - Weslake SB Chevy 4-valve head

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Off topic but not really.

Anybody remember the AERO BBC 4-valve pushrod heads that had the short cross ways pushrod and bell-crank that actuated the exhaust valves??

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anyone here know if Weslake ever got a patent on his 32v heads???

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i dont get how arao managed to get one concidering his is based off of the weslakes.
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pdq67 wrote:
Anybody remember the AERO BBC 4-valve pushrod heads that had the short cross ways pushrod and bell-crank that actuated the exhaust valves??

pdq67
those were not araos, they are 32v valleyheads

http://www.valleyhead.com/thunder.html
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ford also made a simular 5.0L setup back in the early 90's
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arias also used a simular idler pushrod on there 2v bbc hemi
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Those of you who are familiar with Arias Hemi's will love what he has done for the LS motors. Here's a shot of an Arias Hemi LSX build I did for Nick Arias. Heads are 71cc shallow chamber hemis. Flows 400+ As with these types of configurations the push rod angles are extreme. These heads are huge.

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neat pic, rocker assemblys look decent. I understand on the arias sbf conversion you have to get a custom ls style cam cut for the sbf to use them, dont know if that would effect/limit power?.
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few more 32V weslake pics.

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anyone here by chance got any info on a similar multi valve sbc pushrod conversion, M/T's old pushrod 24V sbc head conversion?.

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