Hillman Hunters had aluminium heads. I have one on my SV Alpine. The only
difference as far as I can tell is that there is no hole for the heater pipe
to go into.
Russ
At 09:11 AM 7/23/96 -0700, Jarrid Gross wrote:
>
>I am looking for a sidedraught weber setup, but am weary of the Hunter
>application.
>
>Did'nt the Hunter as well as all other Hillmans have the cast iron cylander
>head?
>
>If so than the ports are NOT the same as the aluminum head alpine.
>
>A head change would require a cast head, hillman exhuast manifold and
>hillman cam shaft.
>
>I know for certain that early "3 main" Hillman engines used the different
>head design.
>
>To my knowlege only the Sunbeam mark used the aluminum heads.
>
>Can anyone shed more light on this subject?
>
>Jarrid Gross
>SII EFI
> ----------
>From: William Lewis
>To: alpine newsgroup
>Subject: Weber intake manifolds
>Date: Monday, July 22, 1996 7:52PM
>
>Mike Pierce at Pierce manifolds tells me that his Lynx cataloge lists
>Weber manifolds for both the single and dual sidedraft setup. They are
>listed under Hillman Hunter which was the late 60's post Chrysler buyout
>car that came with the Holbay stuff. He hasn't tried to get one in,
>because to date no one has requested one. Any interested parties can
>call him at (408) 842-6667 or fax (408) 842-6673.
>
>Bill Lewis
>FrankenSeries II
>
>
Russell Best
Administrative Computing Unit, Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middx. 01895 274000 x 2102
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