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Cylinder Head Dimension
« on: September 27, 2018, 11:44:22 AM »
I own a Polish built 126 here in Australia (actually I have two, less said about that the better).

After leaving the poor little thing at the back of the shed for too long, I have recommenced a minor rejuvenation.  To this end, I removed the head, intending to shave some metal for a compression ratio upgrade. 

I am following the advice of the Blitz racing guy that is referenced on this forum,  However, before I hand my head over to my local cylinder head guy I thought I should be sure it hasn't been shaved already - there are indications that it has been off the car before.

So, does anyone know a standard dimension (thickness) for these heads?  Or, is there another way to determine if there has been metal removed?



thanks for your help.
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Re: Cylinder Head Dimension
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2018, 02:06:14 AM »
Do you have the "8" head or the square head from a german build car. They need clean rings and a domed chaimber for the valves.

Do not have the dimentions on me.

But if you need more grunt, buy the head of an aircooled panda 30.
More expensive , but cheaper than getting the head rebuild....


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Re: Cylinder Head Dimension
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2018, 02:10:33 AM »
And get your bum over to the English 126 forum. A world full of friendly people and more knowledge then  you'll ever need...
Learned a lot over there , and i tinker with 126 and derivates for over 20 years now.

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Re: Cylinder Head Dimension
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2018, 04:56:33 PM »
Good luck finding the Panda head and carb.

Do you have the "8" head or the square head from a german build car. They need clean rings and a domed chaimber for the valves.

Do not have the dimentions on me.

But if you need more grunt, buy the head of an aircooled panda 30.
More expensive , but cheaper than getting the head rebuild....


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Re: Cylinder Head Dimension
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2018, 05:20:06 PM »
I have ons,
And on Dutch eBay there 2 more...
Good luck finding the Panda head and carb.

Do you have the "8" head or the square head from a german build car. They need clean rings and a domed chaimber for the valves.

Do not have the dimentions on me.

But if you need more grunt, buy the head of an aircooled panda 30.
More expensive , but cheaper than getting the head rebuild....


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Re: Cylinder Head Dimension
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2018, 05:34:27 PM »
I own a Polish built 126 here in Australia (actually I have two, less said about that the better).

After leaving the poor little thing at the back of the shed for too long, I have recommenced a minor rejuvenation.  To this end, I removed the head, intending to shave some metal for a compression ratio upgrade. 

I am following the advice of the Blitz racing guy that is referenced on this forum,  However, before I hand my head over to my local cylinder head guy I thought I should be sure it hasn't been shaved already - there are indications that it has been off the car before.

So, does anyone know a standard dimension (thickness) for these heads?  Or, is there another way to determine if there has been metal removed?
thanks for your help
Just dug out a spare head and put the calipers on it . The thickness looks to be 88.5mm  :)
The gas escape groove ring is 3mm deep.

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Re: Cylinder Head Dimension
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2018, 11:05:57 AM »
Thanks for your input folks.

Measured my head today - 88.5mm as mentioned above.

If anyone is interested, what I am planning to do skim the head to raise the CR - more or less following the Blitz Racing advice. 

In order to be sure I am on the right track, I measured my combustion chamber volume using a perspex cover and an accurate burette.  This consistently gives a volume of 43 cc.  Doing the maths, this points to a CR of 7.5:1.  Scope for improvement there, depends on how brave I'm feeling when I am presenting the job to the local head shop. 

Tonight's job is to calculate the valve lift so that I can be sure that the head work does not cause piston vs valve events.

I have a Dellorto FZD carb and a decent exhaust.  I am not touching the camshaft or bottom end at this stage.



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Re: Cylinder Head Dimension
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2018, 01:43:03 PM »
Thanks for your input folks.

Measured my head today - 88.5mm as mentioned above.

If anyone is interested, what I am planning to do skim the head to raise the CR - more or less following the Blitz Racing advice

I have a Dellorto FZD carb and a decent exhaust.  I am not touching the camshaft or bottom end at this stage.

If you go for a middle of the road skim then you can also play with different thickness head gaskets for some fine tuning. I have got solid copper ones at 0.5mm up to 1.8mm fibre ones.

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Re: Cylinder Head Dimension
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2018, 11:58:23 AM »
Thanks - the headgasket advice is appreciated.

This project is for me a learning excerise - I have done a bit of engine work on my other cars (Alfa, Lotus Europa) but this is a first attempt at modifications, the others have been more-or-less standard builds.  The 126 is a cheap and easy platform for learning, and should be fun once its finished.
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