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What's left to devalue? A fifty year old probably cracked head?999 ORX wrote:http://www.weslake.co.uk/header.htm
It appears you can now special order the daddy of all 8 port heads!!!
Anyone any further info on these? Shame it devalues the original ones though!
Agreed .................none of mine are cracked eithergraham.codling wrote:If they prove to run fine Ie not cracked or porous I will be very intrested in purchasing one and vegard the original ones aren't all cracked as mine certainly Isn't .if they are sound I think it's good value for something a bit unusual .
any proof that the arden was intended for small bore engines?, or are you getting confused in that it was often used on destroked large bores? - the 850cc, 999cc ones used in period would have been based on 970 engines and where done to get into various race classes that had a size limit.999 ORX wrote:
Besides the arden was intended for small bore, weslakes were built for the big boys
alexAlex wrote:Triple dilemma time !!
Arden, alloy Weslake, or an iron Weslake to choose from.
News to me!rich@minispares.com wrote:any proof that the arden was intended for small bore engines?,999 ORX wrote:
Besides the arden was intended for small bore, weslakes were built for the big boys
Agree, and I'm tempted but then what can you use them for in competition nowadays? Ironically it looks like most will be sold for use on road cars and if that's the case that's a whole lot of buck for any potential extra bang.Alex wrote:Triple dilemma time !!
Arden, alloy Weslake, or an iron Weslake to choose from.
Only thing that springs to mind is Sprints & hill climb mod Prod class (C1) and normal stage rallying.Pete wrote: can you use them for in competition nowadays?
to follow up on others comments. As Jim Whitehouse designed the Arden head for Gordon Spice and his 1275, why would the head be for small bore or small capacity?999 ORX wrote:I'd much rather use a cast iron head than a alloy one any day. ..
Besides the arden was intended for small bore, weslakes were built for the big boys
or sprinting both Arden as well as the Weslake could be used for App K racing. But I only know Astro who used to race an Arden and tried to do so with a repro Weslake in french App K hillclimbs. blimey touchy subject or what.. Rich are the new Arden's unreliable or something?rich@minispares.com wrote:alexAlex wrote:Triple dilemma time !!
Arden, alloy Weslake, or an iron Weslake to choose from.
the sensible thing will be to buy all three, then you can provide us with engine dyno data, all costs, and reliability of the heads in use!
Hahaha I love it! There needs to be a like button!graham.codling wrote:Competition racing/hill climbs ? I go to the shops in mine
It was for Steve Neal's 1293.ivor badger 2 wrote: Jim Whitehouse designed the Arden head for Gordon Spice and his 1275