Pontiac or Lincoln Y block head.
Pontiac is fine but Lincoln Y block head would be too cool
I think Rich's dodge stuff will be in the museum before Earl finishes his OHV conversion
I was hoping for next year, just to get one more use for that beautiful engine Rich has built.
Rich thinks using and aluminum Edelbrock head is the way so we can weld in head bolt bosses.
My idea was to cut an iron head, and I had come up with a list based on the 1 & 2/ 3 & 4 bore spacing of the Dodge block
My thought was that you could cut a head in half, make two spacing plates, bolt one to each half, then, (since they stick out past the edges of the head...of course) bolt them together. The plates bolted together would make up for the big gap between the 2 & 3 cylinders.
I figured on just using a plate to mount the head to the dodge block, since it seems to me that is legal in V4.
Rich's pistons pop up already for the Morton and Brett combustion chambers 5/8" to 3/4", so I figured, while it is not ideal, it would work with the pistons to have a plate.
Rich doesn't want to do it so I was trying to come up with something I could just show up with finished one weekend and see if he still says no.
I think if Rich went 130+ with a Ford Y block head mismatched to a Plymouth block a Pontiac or Lincoln head spaced properly over the bores might have a shot at 155. And that little 26 dodge on steroids deserves a chance!
