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By aussiebill - 13 Years Ago
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Guys, as allways on the quest for knowledge on all things y block and the lost or unknown, i discovered this engine for sale in Argentina but while i was trying to have friend go look at it and try and work things out it got sold to raceteam owner that has one of these cars they were in. It is hard to fathom the swept exhaust port configuration and ultra high head, the rocker gear would be nice to see but alas. The mind can only boggle of the excitement to own such an engine, it uses narrow timing cover with rear distributor drive unlike the other weslake deep style cover that houses front drive magneto. I can just see an Eaton/Tim engine on the salt with these heads screaming at 8000 rpm. Ohhhh, i,m getting delireous! 
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By pegleg - 13 Years Ago
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Bill It looks like maybe it was intended for injection stacks and nothing else. I'd bet the exhaust was done to fit it in a tight engine compartment. Sure had big exhaust ports. Too bad you couldn't get it!
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By MoonShadow - 13 Years Ago
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Maybe thei seller could put you in contact with the buyer so we could get more information about the engine and the car it goes in. What a great looking setup, talk about a head turner (play on words?). Chuck
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By mctim64 - 13 Years Ago
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It would be fun to be able to play with one of those.  bla bla
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By aussiebill - 13 Years Ago
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Frank, yes i was optimistic but the delays with 3rd party and no direct contact due to language was major delay factor. The intake ports look like a 8" drop onto the valve and would flow like nothing else. Chuck, these engine/heads were scarce in their day and over the yrs a few guys in Argentina have restored these racecars and compete in historic sports car races ,same as most countries. At one time an old racer sold off the accumlated parts and they went in a few directions. these heads with swept exhausts were so different to others, the rocker posts are held down by headstuds and are very high. there is another enthusiast with most of that collection, the big timing cover with top mounted mag location, etc and a set of inbetween heads, at least thats what i call them, they have original valve cover rails with 2 hold down studs as normal but have the seperated ports etc. While we all would love a set of any of them, i doubt it as they are so rare and afar. But at least confirms the existance of the so often quoted " 6 prs of aluminum heads were made" myth. Eye candy at its best!! Hope you enjoy it as much as i do. 
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