Japan Meets Britain

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 7:49 am

Neither top or bottom required much of of the aluminum to be removed to make them flat.
As usual it was the ends not the middle (on both sides) that were high.
Why this happens I'll never know.
You can see the smooth surface Vince.
I doubt the compression was changed at all. ......................lm

Vince Lupo wrote:The beginnings of another project!

This winter I will finally - finally - fix that leaky head situation (the one in which the oil gets between the cast head and the 'skull' and leaks out through the seam around the spark plug holes). Thanks to our good friend, Loud Mouse (Ed Moore), I now have a new head to work with. And as a bonus, Ed sent me some very interesting camshafts. Definitely different than the stock ones, though I don't know much about them.

The head will sent to Ladd's here in the Baltimore area for porting/polishing/valve job, and my mechanic guru, John, will do the work.

Ed, if you have any additional info you'd like to share regarding this head (I think you said it was decked - do you know how much?), as well as those camshafts, that would be great.

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:12 am

Thanks for the info on the head, Ed. What are your thoughts on the camshafts?

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:43 am

THE"RE NOT STOCK.
Take the LS one apart.
Maybe someone on the forum will identify them. ..................lm

Vince Lupo wrote:Thanks for the info on the head, Ed. What are your thoughts on the camshafts?

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 3:26 pm

Here is the left camshaft disassembled.

Look familiar to anyone?

cknight · Post by **cknight** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 4:16 pm

With the two piece configuration, it could be a Harmon-Collins. Are there any markings on the sides of the lobes or on the barrel? Regards, Chase

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 5:13 pm

No, nothing that I can see. The only thing I can detect (and you can kind of see it in the photo) is it looks like something was written with a black marker, but has long since faded into obscurity.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 5:15 pm

I have another one and will check when I can. ..................lm

Vince Lupo wrote:No, nothing that I can see. The only thing I can detect (and you can kind of see it in the photo) is it looks like something was written with a black marker, but has long since faded into obscurity.