Thanks Peter!
Junkie- It is actually a Chrysler head. We looked into a number of heads based on the spacing between the 1&2/3&4 cylinders and this was the least terrible option. After the next step you will see what I mean so I won't even try to explain. Before the SCTA banned using plates to adapt heads a cast iron head from a Lincoln Y block would have been my choice but.......
The aluminum head allows us to have welding done to the head so I started looking at heads that had the correct cylinder spacing, valve pattern, and were either aluminum or had aftermarket aluminum heads available.
Rich picked up a cast iron head for free and we checked it out, then we contacted everyone involved with the Morton & Brett to make sure it was not going to suddenly out of the blue be ready.
Sadly this is a permanent change of course, it is very unlikely that the Morton and Brett will ever run on this block, even if it gets repaired.....but who knows?
Rich has special pistons for the M & B. When we disassemble the engine he is going to see if the entire top of the piston is solid, if it is his plan is to face them off and use them as opposed to buying new ones.
Actually, I am jumping ahead. Rich is making the brackets for the head this week but we can't drill anything until we disassemble the dodge so we can look from below through the cylinder bores and confirm that the way we have placed the head is truly where we want it to be.
The next step is to do some organizing in Rich's shop, then pull the Dodge out of the roadster.
