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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SC - (Aiken in the 'other' SC)
Posts: 5,022
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4-Valve Aircooled Head - How's It Done?
Tuthill is showing off their 11K RPM 911K and Singer has been using a Williams developed 4.0L 4-valve aircooled motor so they obviously figured out how to cool a 4-valve head.
So how are they controlling the heat on a 4-valve head? ![]() Porsche used water cooling on the heads of the 962 and 935 and if they could have figured out how to deal with the heat without adding the complexity of a whole extra cooling system they would have done it. - So is it improved coatings, improved materials, oil cooling passages, a really really clever new design idea, or what? It would be nice if the basic technology would filter down to us mortals so you could make an 8000+ RPM 3.2 or 3.4 with 150K mile reliability. Someone over at Rennlist posted this pic of a bunch of cam towers (the easy part) but there are no pictures of the heads. I wish the picture was a more elevated view so you could see how it mates to the heads. ![]() ![]()
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