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New cylinder head designs for Straight 8
Several years ago there were posts concerning the need for a new design/better breathing head for the old straight eights. This intrigued me as I teach Computed Aided Design (CAD) in an Engineering Tech. Dept. of a state university.
I began to play around with potential designs of both push-rod and SOHC designs. Attached is an example of some experimentation I have been involved with.
New cylinder head designs are very time consuming and expensive to create and produce due to the need for coolant passages and the necessary casting cores. I have explored the possibility of designing/producing a new two component that is produced via CNC milling then furnace brazing the to head halves together. Yes, even aluminum can be furnace brazed. Can this be done? I think it can. However I have not yet explored the costs of utilizing this process.
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More on Straight head Design
Attached find another 320 CI inch straight 8 head I have been working on. This is a new push rod head with parallel valves similar to the original design except that there are 8 individual intake ports.