I just got the head back today. Luckely only bent exhaust valves.
Still have to look at the bottom end. not looking foward to it.

Coupe 1200
great time,s at the Island
2.00 has always been my goal
My best time was 2.10 running out of fuel at the start of the main straight
good luck for the future
Cheers Mark

well sounds similar to my prob. my mate is building/freshening up a VG valient with a Hemi 6 cylinder (probably to similar to the one running you down). auto and heavy weight. im ####ting myself cause ill nail him off the lights but yeah he'll nail me top end, and i dont wont him running me down. i told dad about my situation and he said we will work something out! i only have to beat him to 100km/h. cause tradition lasts, we have to have the quickest car in grd 12!

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I too have been looking for a gentle yin to calm my savage yang

Quote:I suspect that the head you refer to is only a part of the story.That head by itself is the yin without the yang, & thats no good.
Much better to use the yin with the yang attached [wink] if you get my meaning, & that may yet come to pass, perhaps.

If you can knock of those Late' sipping, fancy pants Alfa's with a relatively modest A14 in a 'common' 1200, then I suspect that they ain't seen nothin' yet.
Good job & show 'em how it's done. You make us all proud.

Benny
You will be glad to no i think i have nocked them off by a second. I am waiting for the times to come up on the website.
And there has been small talk about a sertain engine (wink wink nudge nudge)

Freshened my old A15 a few years ago for my young cousin. It was almost a monthly occurance that it would need a new push rod or 2. Did surprisingly little internal damage.

The only time he threw a front pulley was when he dropped the clutch at full revs in third while stationary. Sheared the flywheel bolts at the same time. . . New front seal, a machine of the flywheel and 6 new bolts later the engine is still creating fun, although he will never get it back!

I would look at a bigger altenator pulley too.

Sorry to ramble. . . Long story short, don't write it off yet.

as long as you sorted out those Alphas from last year...........rather than fixing the head you have, maybe a certain A13 race head could be installed.........

wow took almost 9000rpm to kill the tough A series!

Shame about the motor!

But that's getting to be a pretty respectable PI lap time! (2min flat being the RESPECT time).

In a R32 GTSt I did a 2:03! - you just a few seconds behind that with half the hp...