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Unknown A7 cylinder head?

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Unknown A7 cylinder head?
Tony Griffiths Offline
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#1
17-08-2022, 12:21 AM
From a Facebook post:


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#2
17-08-2022, 06:00 AM
We had one of these, quite rare. There's a tiny bit of info here: https://austinsevenfriends.co.uk/Bruce/C...r_head.htm
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#3
17-08-2022, 09:29 AM
Is it me, or are those plug threads showing on the inside of head, a bit wierd?
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17-08-2022, 10:42 AM
It's because the plugs are not vertical in this head but at quite a steep angle
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#5
17-08-2022, 12:54 PM
(17-08-2022, 06:00 AM)JoeRowing Wrote: We had one of these, quite rare. There's a tiny bit of info here: https://austinsevenfriends.co.uk/Bruce/C...r_head.htm
Thank you. The onward link is really interesting: https://austinsevenfriends.co.uk/Bruce/Conoulty.htm
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17-08-2022, 02:38 PM
(17-08-2022, 10:42 AM)JoeRowing Wrote: It's because the plugs are not vertical in this head but at quite a steep angle

ah, that makes perfect sense, thanks for clarifying that!
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