[66sprint6]

I sold a part to this man and he sent me this message. Beautiful car and a real dyed in the wool cammer.



With any luck, this head will live in the above car, which I bought new when
I was 22.

The triple carbs were added in 1971. It currently has on it a '66 sprint
head, and on a 250ci
block the compression is so high I have to run aviation gas.

The head I have now was very tired when I got it. I was given the entire
engine,
but eventually kept only the head, as the rest was very well worn. I did a
valve grind,
reamed the guides .003", and installed new valves. It was obvious that at
least one, and
probably more valve grinds had been done before, and the valve tips were
significantly
too high, and I had to modify the lash adjusters to make the engine run
without valves
leaking when the oil pressure hit the adjuster gallery. Information on
these engines
was slim to nada back then, I had to learn the hard way how to make it run.

I began using this head in the lemans as a pure experiment back in the early
'70's, power
was so good I left it on all these years, in spite of the problems. It
still runs pretty damned
good, even today.

But, it would be great to get a "good" head on this engine!

Cheers!

[Jeff Hamlin]

Terry Hosking he is a member of the POCI/OHC Chapter.
I'm not sure if he comes over here?
Nice little surprise under the hood for sure

[PMD1969]

Terry is a great guy! Talked with him mostly through email about OHC's and he is extremely knowledgeable and has a ton a great stories.

Tell him Marc said hey.