CYLINDER HEAD 8 PORT ARDEN LARGE VALVE 2012
C-AHT346RACE

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£2,841.07 inc vat

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Alloy 8 Port Head with 37.mm inlet valves with springs/top caps built up to take .500 thou cam lift with approximately 21cc combustion chamber.

The valve springs used are C-AEA526 with a fitted length of 1.350"

for the most radical of race cams C-AEA527 may be used with a fitted length of 1.440"

This is the cylinder head only and not a straight bolt on part so see description for C-AJJ4064 kit.

All heads are hipped and heat treated from the foundry and pressure tested before machining and again after they are assembled.

Special camshaft and modification to No 2 &4 S con rods is required, or special rods C-AEG624 are available using different bolt configuration.

Original design and tooling from Jim Whitehouse-the founder of Arden Conversions this head with tecalemet injection won class and series outright,in the 1969 British saloon car championship on a 970cc Cooper S.

37mm inlet and 30.5mm exhaust valves

Head Gasket GEG300,BK450 or C-AHT189 cometic/or multi steel layer type must be used

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