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G'Day all, Seeking pro's and con's, red vrs's blue/black cylinder heads, for modification suit speedway sprintcar. I envisage a fairly seriously modified head whichever way it goes. My intention is to run triple SU's. I am trying to bring myself back up to speed with current thinking on these darling old irons. Trick question: has anyone ever heard of, seen, had made, attempted to make, modified, etc. a cross flow head on a holden red, straight six?? Edited by user Thursday, 12 May 2005 7:11:30 AM(UTC)
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Repco did these for the old grey motor. If you want a cross flow it'd probably be cheaper to run a TE/TF Cortina which had a crossflow head as standard.
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if your planning to use SU's then you will need to use a red head as thats what the manifolds suite!
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http://www.cdpautomachin...m/leo/cylinder_head.htmlHere is a dude that wanted a x-flo head for his chev straight 6. He cut the end chamber from 2 V8 heads and welded the rest together.... 1 X-Flow Head to suit a 6. Wonder if that would work with a
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For the ultimate Red 6 head go here: http://www.racetech.com.au/jzed.htmCheers...Dave
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quote:
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For the ultimate Red 6 head go here: http://www.racetech.com.au/jzed.htm
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quote:
Originally posted by NBFRS
http://www.cdpautomachine.com/leo/cylinder_head.html
Here is a dude that wanted a x-flo h
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