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i've been in contact with someone who used to do work for mercedes cosworth etc and have been offered some performance heads would any one be interested? i will try and find out some more info and spec of the heads might be able to arrange a group buy for interested parties
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Any idea on cost? Alpina seemed to get most gains by working on the exhaust,Simon13 may be able to help you better.....
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i think the ball park figure was around £300 but i'll have to check with him
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Are these 2nd hard or new old stock ? cheers
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Are they fully built up or just bare heads?
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still £300 for a worked head!! 8O
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:44 pm

i will tr and meet up with the bloke an find out exactly the spec and let everyone know i may be able to have other peoples heads done as well if needed he has done some work for fritz bitzs also
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:52 pm

get some specs and prices! something gassflowed with big valves would be lovely!
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you historians

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E30BeemerLad wrote:you historians

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Nowt wrong with a bit of M20 archaeology! :D
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I need a head for my 2.7 eta block. Im turbocharging it so I dont mind spending a bit on a good head. Im in Ireland so it would have to shipped on a crate or someway.
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E30BeemerLad wrote:you historians

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I'd tend to agree for any POS touring or 4door its a bonus, but prefer the originality in a Sport. M20 is the only way to power a genuine sport.
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Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:33 am

i'm just waiting for the spec on these now will update everyone as soon as i know
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Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:14 pm

right if any one is interested pm me your number and i will pass it on
I have been told that they are bare worked heads and he is looking for £450 exchange unsure so far he has two 882 heads and a 731 sitting there
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Sorry,at that sort of money it is too much for me at the moment.
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Have these been done on a flow bench or are they a one-man-and-his-dremel bodge up?
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300 is very cheap. too cheap if you ask me. I paid £585(cost as my old man used to drive one of there gt series car's) just for a new cast from corry racing with larger exhaust valves and wider inlet /outlet and gas flowed.

Add profit and tax to that and you have a real price.

This was nearly 8 years ago now.....

Then you need all the bit's to make this worth while. And i'm still not there.

imo 5 - 600 = bigger engine in place. My next step.
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whipsey wrote:right if any one is interested pm me your number and i will pass it on
I have been told that they are bare worked heads and he is looking for £450 exchange unsure so far he has two 882 heads and a 731 sitting there
I think everybody deserves a CMF flow chart of various valve lifts to show the actual improvements before people start "just buying"
With great challenges comes great engineering.

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Gunni wrote:
whipsey wrote:right if any one is interested pm me your number and i will pass it on
I have been told that they are bare worked heads and he is looking for £450 exchange unsure so far he has two 882 heads and a 731 sitting there
I think everybody deserves a CMF flow chart of various valve lifts to show the actual improvements before people start "just buying"
which is why i stated that if any body was interested to pm me a number and i would pass it on so that they can speak direct to the bloke the ony involvement i have is trying to drum up some interest for him on here as soon as he got started talking to me about different sized valves etc i just glazed over
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spoke to him again and he decided to drop off an m88 head to me as a kind of demo model if anyone wants to come and have a look or wants other photos of it etc
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Anyone here running an M88?
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march109 wrote:Anyone here running an M88?
its a DEMO model to see what work he is doing to them
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Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:14 pm

can you not give a picture of the ports then?
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Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:21 pm

Showing the combustion chamber means very little.. It is detailed pics on inlet and exhaust ports that are needed!!
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Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:29 pm

looks beautiful... this is my next step.. i want to extract every last bit out of the b25.. but the head im getting is stamped by a well known bmw tuning company.... im sorry schnitzer gods...
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e30bmlover wrote:looks beautiful... this is my next step.. i want to extract every last bit out of the b25.. but the head im getting is stamped by a well known bmw tuning company.... im sorry schnitzer gods...
Wurlitzer? :)
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e30bmlover wrote:looks beautiful...
:mad:

Looks just like a skimmed head to me...
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lmao jon and lee... went for the terry tibbs approach on that one... yes i does just look like a polished head.
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Gunni wrote:can you not give a picture of the ports then?

like i said i can take photos or people can come and have a look i will photo the ports tomorrow is it just inlet ports or exhaust as well needed?
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E30BeemerLad wrote:you historians

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Those who m20 - ermmmmm

Loose plenty? :x
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march109 wrote:Those who m20 - ermmmmm

Loose plenty? :x
Plenty of money? Or races? :P
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M Power FTW :twisted:
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those who can tell a good port job from a photo should be spending time elsewhere.................
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Jhonno wrote:M Power FTW :twisted:
You have the fastest garage in Essex don't you dan. S50 powered :P
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