Alumnium heads -Thomas - Weiand

nostalgicford

nostalgicford

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I like alumn heads....I run a Thomas on my RPU... and a Weiand (why and) on my closed cab.....The don't are (1) don't choke or you'll foul the plugs (2) don't use copper gasket...three different metals w/coff. of expand. (3) don't use stud and head bolts, use grade eight bolts ....also not good for parade driving
I like running alumn water pump, alumn fan and alumn gooseneck with them
 

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NOstalgicford: Looks like you are running the same WEiand that I have on my babbitt bearing speedster. I also use the alum gooseneck with a Best gasket. I had to cut .025 off the top of the pistons to get them even with the deck because of the no flycut on the head. Runs great, no probs. I would only add for anyone interested in an alum head to use the sacrifical zinc strip in teh radiator that the suppliers have.
 
I had trouble blowin head gaskets and tryed several... then I tryed a Fel-pro and have not had a problem in 8 yrs.....as I remember I'm using a Model A gasket on a Model B block and Model A Thomas head with hart shaped combustion chamber....
 
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