I bought this book 2 years ago. It is great. If you can find it, and have
asparitions of doing your own head job, I highly reccommend it. I think Jim
Ellis bought it recently... Jim are you there? Where did you get it?
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Hill <tom.hill@att.net>
To: Thomas Wiencek <wiencek@anl.gov>; Barbara Blue
<the_blues@worldnet.att.net>; Alpine list <alpines@autox.team.net>; Greg
Locke <glocke@ihug.co.nz>; <owner-alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, 16 March 2001 04:37
Subject: RE: horray for the mailman
> I am pretty sure that Mr. Vizard covered modifications to the Rootes
> cylinder head in the book, "THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CYLINDER HEAD
> MODIFICATION". The ISBN is 0851130666. This book is out of print but
Books
> International (www.books-international.co.uk) claims to have copies. I
> ordered a reprint of the Alpine parts manual from them. I tried to order
> this book from them but never heard back from my request.
>
> Tom Hill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Thomas Wiencek
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:21 AM
> To: Barbara Blue; Alpine list; Greg Locke; owner-alpines@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: horray for the mailman
>
>
> What's more amazing is that I live in the US and just got it yesterday!!!
> Thank you for sending this Bill. One question though, I have seen a lot
of
> books by Mr Visard, is the section you sent a chapter of a book or was it
> from a book on Rootes engines only? How many pages is it? Publication
date
> and company? What is the ISBN number? Thanx.
> Tom
>
> On 3/15/01, Greg Locke <glocke@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> Bill, I received the photocopied article by mr Vizard today in the
post....
> It must be less than a week since you sent it!.
>
> Fantastic, thankyou so much. It is very interesting.
>
> In answer to your question, engines still rotate clockwise down here. But
> the question really is, what way do our clocks go?
>
> Greg Locke, NZ
> 63 humber 90 race car (alpine powered)
> 3 x mark 1 humber sceptres
> mark 2 humber sceptre
> 2 humber 90 wrecks
> commer bluebird highwayman
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