When I was first building the M8 special I tried without success to acquire a Wolseley 8 engine.......not sure how well it would have responded to a bit of 'tweaking for speed' but it certainly would have been a h*ll of a lot cheaper than the Alta job
Cheers, George
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- Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alta cylinder head
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- Thu Nov 16, 2023 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alta cylinder head
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Re: Alta cylinder head
Thanks for that, certainly worth a call....."you just never know what people know".
Cheers,
George
Cheers,
George
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alta cylinder head
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Re: Alta cylinder head
Phil, Thanks for your kind words :) and thanks for the links...... I was aware of the Ashley Cleive special and if I had not got the Alta head I was going to try supercharging the 918. Yes that M8 special up for sale is very pretty, but to my (biased) critical eye the body structure is too high and ...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alta cylinder head
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Re: Alta cylinder head
Phil, So the reason I am ' here' and on the 'modified minors' forum is my 'Alta head' saga, I have been on the hunt for an Alta for nearly 25 years and whilst I have nearly got one a couple of times over this period I always got pipped at the post, so I managed to get one about six months ago (at la...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alta cylinder head
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Re: Alta cylinder head
Thanks for that, I appreciate your reply, I have been in touch with Rob a couple of times and got lots of helpful info from him, but he is really hard to get (a genuinely very busy guy) so I am just asking of anyone else on here who may have data to help me. I have been building and tuning classic c...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alta cylinder head
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Alta cylinder head
Hi all, I am just about ready to install my refurbished Alta cylinder head to my newly rebuilt 918cc Morris engine, so of course info on these heads is now as rare as the heads, I am casting a wide net on getting some install detail, if anyone can help me I will be extremely grateful...so (1) does a...
- Thu Sep 08, 2022 9:17 pm
- Forum: Series MM Register
- Topic: Alta Head for sale
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Re: Alta Head for sale
Hi Tony, Bit of a long shot but did you sell the alta head? been trying to find one for a long time with no luck, if you got it sold do you think whoever bought it would consider selling again? hope you don't mind me asking,
Many thanks,
George
Many thanks,
George