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WOW!! Nice pics there Archemitis !!!!!

 

That is a huge difference in exhaust port size between the two. I can see why the EA-81 has issues with to large of a header pipe now. Small port dumping into large pipe equals way to much turbulance. Exhaust gas flow should be smooth for best results.

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it looks doable, to a certain extent...

1.rocker arms need to be spaced, differently. the ea82 valves are just a hair further apart than the ea82s. it would put the push rods at a slightly different angle, which wont hurt anything, just slightly different.

2. have somebody cut aluminum pieces to make the pushrod tube passages meet up with the ea81 rocker covers, ea82 boxes wont work because a rocker arm would hit them. pretty much build up aluminum then mill it flat to mate to ea81 rockers.

3.weld up about a 1 inch square for each rocker base to sit on(2 on each head). then mill it flat, and drill for a stud in each one.

4. theres two holes near the exhaust port that will let oil out once the rockers are redone, so you'll have to weld those up.

5. regrind cams.

the biggest thing im worried about is if the pushrod tubes closest to the intake port will clear the port without cutting into it

 

basicaly i dont think you could bring a set of heads to a machinist and say make them work, its going to take alot of R&D. i've got the time and the machines right now, so i think i can pull it off, as long as i dont run out of ambition.

thats an spfi head, i plan on practicing on that one, then do up a set of mpfi heads to make it all worth the effort.

show that airplane guy the pics and see if hes blowin smoke, or maybe hes got a different solution to make them work... more pics later

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Johnson']That oil port on the ea82' date=' I think that's just for the hydraulic lifters or for the cam case lubrication, does it need to be plugged?

 

Great, like we need another thing to draw ea82 heads away from our stock piles...oh oh...Multiport heads on an ea81, you know turbo heads?[/quote']

 

yes i know about ea81 turbo heads got any to sell me? didnt think so. you dont know about depleted resources, untill you start looking for ea81 stuff, start looking for dual carb, or ea81t and its non existant.

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