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| Author: | justa170 [ Sat May 23, 2020 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
A fella named Robert Maw is eyes-deep in an aluminum-head-from-scratch project. He's been posting about it in the Slant-Six Club on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/slantsixclub/). Has anyone else been watching this? I think he's actually gonna do it. 
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| Author: | GregCon [ Sat May 23, 2020 2:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Well...time will tell. He seems to have some good background but I read three or four posts on this head and already seen a couple red flags...I'm curious what his goal is in terms of final product...a full-on head that can run properly and go 100K miles or a drag-only type head? |
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| Author: | Reed [ Sat May 23, 2020 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
If he is going to go as far as ordering billet, I say a two piece head could be CNC milled out of billet *fairly* easily, one the cad drafting was accomplished. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Sat May 23, 2020 3:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
I have been watching this too. Today it appears he posted he's going to make billet valve covers for $130 each. I must be misreading something. |
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| Author: | GregCon [ Sat May 23, 2020 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
I think he said he bought a tilt table for $130. |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sat May 23, 2020 4:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Oh, hey, I know this song! 7,708,194th verse, same as the first!  
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| Author: | Badvert65 [ Sat May 23, 2020 6:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
I don't do Face Book, so someone would need to fill in the details. jus sayin... |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sat May 23, 2020 7:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Quote: I don't do Face Book
Same here; I quit Fecebook in 2010 or '11. The withdrawal cravings sucked badly for three days, were annoying for a week, a minor nuisance the second week, and by week three I didn't miss it any more. Still don't.
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| Author: | Tim Keith [ Sat May 23, 2020 8:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
I'm sure he can make a head. As in the old Lays potato chip ads, we're not interested in just one. Most of us are also not interested in paying full price either! I have no doubts that a person with the talent, free time and funds could build one head. Is he married? If so, its not likely gonna happen! Let's cheer him on, but I don't think its for me and you. You'd probably want to do X, or Y differently anyway - if I were being asked to pay $6,000 for it, I would! |
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| Author: | justa170 [ Sat May 23, 2020 8:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Quote: I don't do Face Book, so someone would need to fill in the details. Right! Here's the Cliff's Notes:jus sayin... Robert is a master mold maker, with a journeyman in die casting. He runs a tool room. He found a nice aluminum block, bought it, and decided to make a billet 7075 aluminum head for it. His shop time is too expensive for production, so he plans to build prototypes and hand them to a production shop. He's been modeling up the head. He ordered up and received the aluminum. He's going with a two-piece "bathtub" design for the prototypes. This will not be a cross-flow head; he doubts he could sell enough of them to cover the development cost for that. It will have water jackets. He's "guesstimating" an assembled head should sell for ~$5K. |
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| Author: | justa170 [ Sat May 23, 2020 8:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Quote: Oh, hey, I know this song! Heh. FWIW, the guy said there's no turning back, based on how much he's invested in the project.
7,708,194th verse, same as the first! |
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| Author: | justa170 [ Sat May 23, 2020 8:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Quote: I have been watching this too. Today it appears he posted he's going to make billet valve covers for $130 each. I must be misreading something. Nope. That's what he paid for each of the two tilting milling tables he bought for the project. 
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| Author: | justa170 [ Sat May 23, 2020 8:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Quote: I think he said he bought a tilt table for $130. Yup.
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Sun May 24, 2020 5:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Justa170, Keep us posted here. It has been talked about a lot. Hopefully his skills and access will allow him to make progress on it. I applaud him. 
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Sun May 24, 2020 9:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Aluminum Head?! (Robert Maw) |
Ok, I was sure I was misreading, plus I can't see squat on my phone. This guy is going in the proper direction. He's building it the way he wants without asking what people think it should be. |
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