Any suggestion on who to modify my K Head?
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Do you actually know what you want done? Do you need to do anything?

I assume you are talking about improving the flow of the head, not just the mods to fit the head.

The standard head flows far more than you need. The VE of these heads is excellent. You can easily produce more horsepower than any clutch, gearbox or tyres can handle.

So what are you trying to do other than stir us up?

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Thats what I was asking to begin with lol. What decent companies are out there that will modify my head. Dont get me wrong, I'm not putting morspeed, SC or anybody else down. Im after a load of names i can enquire to.

I don't know if this helps but this is one of John Ks threads:

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=139575

still interested to know what clutch you plan on using which can hold with the power you'll have

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out of interest does anybody know what the VE of the 16v heads and the 8v heads on the a-series block would be?


(and i was just talking baout this going off track )

Lol Im sorry James H, Ive only heard of JohnK so far. All I was originally asking for was companies out there to modify my head mate. I'd rather enquire to half dozen companies than just one. Don't get me wrong, Im not putting Morspeed, SC or anybody else down I was just after some names of reputable places to help

Sorry Paul, how am I stirring people up? Im only asking for people oppinions on who to use. I appreiciate that everyone here thinks Johnk is shit hot so im going to give him a call. My aim is to make a balls out motor with everything as good as it can possibly be. If I can improve anything it will improved. Im going try and use a twin plate set up using 2 AP race plates. The box is a quaife dog box with atb.

My head has been modified to fit my car, I just want it to be spruced up.

The only other company may be Rbracing, they do the K bike modifications? Im sure many companies could port your head and carry out the necessary work, but to get the most out of it I would of thought, a company that has invested time and money researching the flow of this particular head would be the best bet to carry out the work?

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Thanks very much matty, thats another company to my list. Ive never heard of that company

robwalker engineering quoted me £120 +VAT for gas flowing my k1100 Cyl. head, which is dirt cheep really im almost not sure that the quote was correct and they deffo knew what Cyl. head i wanted doing (just looked up my email from a while ago and i deffinatly stated what i was doing)

David.

£120 bloody hell thats cheap!

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Yeah thats dirt cheap. Just looked at the link above and it certainly looks like JohnK looks at it in depth.

i had a quick go at smoothing the casting marks...got bored, realised the ports are too small for me to be able to do to a standard im satisfied with so boshed out a few emails to people and they were, by far, the cheepest i got
but i think they are charging £120 for any cylinder head
http://www.robwalkerengineering.co.uk/cyli...difications.htm

David.

Hi,
Carl may have a point, compared to the A head there's alot less to be done.
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Yeah I see exactly what you and Carl are saying and I completly agree. The reason I want to have the head as well flowing as possible for this turbo application is because I don't want to rely on mega boost to give me huge power. This is why I went for a stroked motor at 1460. I had 2 ideas. Either 970s crank, loads of revs and loads of boost. Or, long stroke, moderate revs and boost and huge power.

Edited by Oldskoolbaby on 5th Oct, 2008.

High boost isn't really needed at all as you can get away with running a higher static CR and still get the fueling right with EFI.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Yeah this is why ive gone 1460. However, I'm still going with a slightly lower than normal c/r as i will eventually start to raise the boost bit by bit to get well into the 300 mark

I hope the ECU is just as high spec'd as the engine

Well ive seen the SC one on there site but im not sure if it has a knock sensor. I'll be really honest with you, im no expert when it comes to the ecu's etc

no one ever is at first

I think this is the link that some one else was looking to post up

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=184839

should be possible to get down to around the 9.6:1 mark with 18 cc pistons and lightly carved out chambers and zero deck height I think.

sound too cheap to me to be honest. Surley a good head man has got to be worth £60 and hour? How much can you do to a head (even alloy) in two hours?

I know the 5 port miglia heads takes weeks to get ready, even with some parts of them CNC the grinders still takes weeks (yes weeks) and that why the bill is often over £1500

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