Primers on Cylinder Head / Combustion Chamber Design
Primers on Cylinder Head / Combustion Chamber Design
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Are there any decent, thorougly explained guides to combustion chamber and cylinder head design?
The recent discussion on the Chrysler Viper and 2.2L heads was very interesting, but obviously (to me), it is difficult to carry over recommendations for one head to another head of different manufacturer, design, and shape.
Secondly, how would you go about adding material to a cast iron combustion chamber? I've read enough information on quench/squish area to know that it is beneficial, but how do you go about building this extra material into a head that never was intended for this type of development? (I read what Larry said about heat distortion on the aluminium heads, does the same hold true then for adding material to then for cast iron?)
Thanks,
Kai
The recent discussion on the Chrysler Viper and 2.2L heads was very interesting, but obviously (to me), it is difficult to carry over recommendations for one head to another head of different manufacturer, design, and shape.
Secondly, how would you go about adding material to a cast iron combustion chamber? I've read enough information on quench/squish area to know that it is beneficial, but how do you go about building this extra material into a head that never was intended for this type of development? (I read what Larry said about heat distortion on the aluminium heads, does the same hold true then for adding material to then for cast iron?)
Thanks,
Kai





RE: Primers on Cylinder Head / Combustion Chamber Design
The head will most likely require machining to get the seats and everything lined up again properly.
RE: Primers on Cylinder Head / Combustion Chamber Design
in Jefferson , LA (close to New Orleans)
he was a dental assistant , and decided he wanted to weld
cast-iron heads
he went to Al Mathon's HeadMaster , studied technique
for a couple of years, and bought the entire operation,
maxhine shop equipment abd all ,
moved entire operation to LA
hes retired now , and business is long closed ,
but he got to very good at welding , with very little
distortion , no surface blemishes, very excellent quality
most times you could just mill .006" off surface to get it true .
you don't REHEAT treat cast-iron after welding like alum.
when Joe finished welding up heads, the heads appeared
to remain the same hardness ...with other guys , their welding left the heads much harder to where you sometimes had to use a wet-surfacer to mill .
i think Pete Incando (? spelling) is back welding heads
somewhere around CA , AZ area ??
Larry Meaux (meauxracing@mindspring.com)
Meaux Racing Heads - MaxRace Software
ET_Analyst for DragRacers
http://www.mindspring.com/~meauxracing/
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RE: Primers on Cylinder Head / Combustion Chamber Design
RE: Primers on Cylinder Head / Combustion Chamber Design
RE: Primers on Cylinder Head / Combustion Chamber Design
try searching thru SAE papers in your College Library
near you !!
you should find a lot of info in SAE papers on combustion chambers
Larry Meaux (meauxracing@mindspring.com)
Meaux Racing Heads - MaxRace Software
ET_Analyst for DragRacers
http://www.mindspring.com/~meauxracing/
Support Israel - Genesis 12:3