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Old 02-10-2011, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by David Kirkham View Post
We have thought seriously about a billet head. We are just thinking about how to make it work without too much headache.

David
What if you designed the heads in a way that the combustion chambers were actually separate from the head and installed after the head was machined. You could machine the chamber inserts so they are an interference fit and have to be either pressed in place or super cooled and installed in a hot head, then staked or tacked in place. That way you could machine the water jackets inside the heads, then install the chambers afterward.

Sealing would be a challenge, along with keeping the strength of the head.

I guess I would have see the Solidworks model and start sectioning it to visualize how to machine it out of a solid chunk of metal.
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