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any one know any thing about this head
Engine Joe on head
thanks tom leroux

tom leroux wrote: ↑

Tue May 28, 2024 10:09 pm

any one know any thing about this head
Engine Joe on head
thanks tom leroux

"Joe Gemsa" ? doubt it. A picture is needed

"Engine Joe" Bell in Tiffin, Ohio had some heads cast a couple years ago......

I made a dozen of them in cast iron, the time it took to machine was not worth what people would pay for them, I did make a couple that got used on some interesting projects.

How about a picture?

Joe bell
did you put your name on the head,
engine joe
will get photos

we played with this head for a while first one was 90 lbs. cut it and sliced it to figure out how to lighten it, got it down to 45 lbs. a couple friends have them and two where sold, a good friend machined them and added Engine Joe on it. Les had a couple he cut down to make a really high compression head for his five main block.

Bob at Gaslight has one on the shelf, he may sell it?

I think I found one of the 90# heads @ a swap meet in Arizona a few years ago, didn't buy it because of the weight. Wish I had. I picked up a
Ricardo head that is pretty heavy also but both look to have a lot of coolant capacity & would good in the southwest. Joe what was the
compression ratio of those heads & can they be run with high compression pistons?
Craig.

Craig ,I left plenty of casting to mill more off to raise compression if wanted and no you could not run high compression pistons with it.