rocketman

Hello Fernando, I service the engines in the black Lola sports racer pictured in Tom Jones' post. (Thank for the heads up, ahem, Tom!). Congratuations on your terrific "barn find"! I respectfully suggest you use it to fund the improvement/upgrade of your racecar, or continue your search for the rest pf the engine/car of which the head was a part, for the following reasons: 1-These engines typically "time out"(require dismantling, and refinishing valves, seats, rings, and replacement of bearings and other parts) at 12 hours. So using the engine in a street/track application is impractical. 2-The camshaft profiles and injection pump fuel delivery rate are calibrated for a 6000-9500 RPM power band, For any use other than pure racing, this is again, impractical, even for the most devoted enthusiast. 3-As was previously noted, engineering and producing a means of driving the cams, other than using the original BMW design, will be time-consuming, and more expensive(by far) than your purchase of the head. 4-To make adequate/best use of the combustion chamber design you need high-octane fuel. Here in California, we normally use 112. Detonation is a nasty beast, to be avoided, unless you can afford the destructive consequences. There are more reasons, both technical and practical, to use the wonderful as a trophy/ artifact or to sell it at a healthy profit, and use the proceeds to make changes to your car that you can use. I will check with the owner of the black Lola, if you decide to sell the head, as he would return it to competition as it was originally intended. Once again, you did the right thing in purchasing it. Congrtaulations! Freude am fahren! Bill Watson, Proprietor Road Rockets 28921 Arnold Drive Sonoma, Ca, 95476 707-939-8000 bill@roadrockets.net