<VV> 60 heads on 61-62 80 HP

[Rt66Vairs at aol.com]

I have a huge box full of valve springs so I should be able to come up with 
 12 good ones. Also have new NOS valves if needed.
 
It's sort of a challenge to see if I can get this wagon back on the road  
for the $25 I've got in the parts car so 
far. The '60 engine is a freebee and was rebuilt prior to being replaced  
with a 102 because the owner wanted 
more oommph.
 
I'm pretty sure i already have everything I'm gonna need sitting in my  
garage.
 
Time will tell.
 
Tim Abney
IECC
 
 
In a message dated 9/14/2010 9:14:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
tony.underwood at cox.net writes:

At 05:47  PM 9/14/2010, BobHelt at aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated  9/14/2010 12:36:54 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>Rt66Vairs at aol.com  writes:
>
>I was  advised by an IECC member to use thicker  head gaskets, just to make
>
>sure, if I wanted to run  regular
>gas.
>
>The lack of choke springs  and such is  a non-issue also because this is a
>'61 Lakewood. It  actually has  a
>84HP engine (POS if there ever was one built by  GM)
>
>
>All very confusing, Tim.
>So it really isn't  really an 80 hp engine after all but an 84 hp one. And
>the heads you  want to use are what? 80 hp heads or 95 hp heads?...both  
are
>1960's.
>
>And are you planning to use thicker gaskets  on 8CR heads or 9CR heads?
>
>Single valve springs or dual valve  springs?
>



1960 heads had the "bad" one-piece valves,  which were a bit soft and 
(exhausts) tended to burn more easily than one  would expect, and with 
today's unleaded fuels if the valves haven't been  replaced with 
something better they're prime candidates for  troublemaking.


Likewise, the '60 heads used those dinky valve  springs.   Not a 
terrible issue in themselves, but they're  likely pretty soft by now 
and could end up having float issues or  inadequate sealing, which 
could lead to hot-spotting and  burning.   The '60 heads themselves 
will bolt onto the Lakewood  engine without issue other than the 
crossover tube size difference, and  there's not likely to be enough 
of a difference in compression to bother  with.

Still, if *I* had my 'druthers, I'd use something of later  vintage 
with better quality valves.   '62-up, if  available...  since some of 
the '61 engines also had the same soft  valves and small (read: 
weaker) springs.




tony..   
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