[FC] Re: <VV> 95 HP Heads

Tony Underwood corvanatics@corvair.org
Sat Aug 23 12:49:01 2003


At 10:21 AM 8/23/2003 -0400, Mikeamauro@AOL.COM wrote:
>Casting #3878569....Beleave these are 68-9 smogger heads.  Would these be 
>good heads to convert a 110 PG van to a 95 HP?  (Looking to get away from
the 
>need to use premium fuel).  Pros, cons of this conversion ???
>
>Much obliged,
>Mike Mauro   



Bad idea.   These heads have terrible chamber design and won't work
anywhere nearly as well as an earlier vintage 95hp *non-smog* head, which
has a good chamber design with a decent squish area, works better across
the board for mileage and performance... without pinging on regular gas.    

tony..