Thursday, 10 May 2012

The Hillman Imp sport cylinder head

This one is probably based on the sports 108 series head, its a special head in that the valves are a lot larger and the combustion chamber has been profiled around the larger inlet valve.

Note the Wills Ring grooves.

My own race Imp had the same valve treatment, I shaped and ported the head myself, it sure worked!



Heads like this are never cheap, just the series 108 head can cost plenty, I have just been offered one this week.



My own full race 998cc Imp engine, based on the early Mk1 block and head, that was what I had and there was no way I could fund a Mk2 engine, Sport engines just did not exist in South Africa at that time, not any for sale anyway.

Roy

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