You're gonna pull this off! Two ideas come to mind. You could do lost PLA casting that way you could 3D print your blank, even in multiple pieces that fit inside of a 3D printer and then glue the prints together for the mold packed into the casting sand. Kelly Coffield does an intake manifold with this method. Second idea is you can make the cylinder head in multiple layers for the water jackets needed for cooling . With this method you could CNC mill the surfaces then have an extra intermediate gasket for the water jacket layer... or even Send Cut Send many layers. They do up to 1/2" thick material so just have extra layers of copper head gaskets for the combustion layers then whatever gaskets that can stand up to the cooling system water pressure for the upper layers.
the combustion chamber is spherical so you could rotate it around the center of the sphere and it should be quite similar to the original. i would prefer doing that rather than modifying the block to clear the pushrods. also you could use two nested springs to avoid valve float, but i understand wanting to stay with LS parts. there is an engine simulator discord by ange the great, its an audio simulation and has a free version but it would give you an idea all the same what it sounds like and if it runs well. Its not difficult to modify.
Sorry to hear about the loss of work I model everything first in blender then move to what I need to have it at Should look at my sohc 300 head design post in the forum on fordsix to get some ideas I wish you the best of luck, I'm getting ready to cast a sohc head based on the boss 6.2 head
Good luck, and thanks for the effort.
I dont have enough knowledge to comment with any effectiveness, but i really appreciate what you're doing here.
Good luck!
Man if you ever finish this head I’d absolutely buy one for a dirt track modified!
You're gonna pull this off! Two ideas come to mind. You could do lost PLA casting that way you could 3D print your blank, even in multiple pieces that fit inside of a 3D printer and then glue the prints together for the mold packed into the casting sand. Kelly Coffield does an intake manifold with this method. Second idea is you can make the cylinder head in multiple layers for the water jackets needed for cooling . With this method you could CNC mill the surfaces then have an extra intermediate gasket for the water jacket layer... or even Send Cut Send many layers. They do up to 1/2" thick material so just have extra layers of copper head gaskets for the combustion layers then whatever gaskets that can stand up to the cooling system water pressure for the upper layers.
the combustion chamber is spherical so you could rotate it around the center of the sphere and it should be quite similar to the original. i would prefer doing that rather than modifying the block to clear the pushrods. also you could use two nested springs to avoid valve float, but i understand wanting to stay with LS parts. there is an engine simulator discord by ange the great, its an audio simulation and has a free version but it would give you an idea all the same what it sounds like and if it runs well. Its not difficult to modify.
Sorry to hear about the loss of work
I model everything first in blender then move to what I need to have it at
Should look at my sohc 300 head design post in the forum on fordsix to get some ideas
I wish you the best of luck, I'm getting ready to cast a sohc head based on the boss 6.2 head
nice
Is it going to be cnc machined or cast? Dude honestly you’re our only hope lol. Please put me on the list to be able to get one.
I have been planing on a lost foam casting but I haven’t never cast a thing in my life so who knows how that’ll go.
Better hurry up or we are goin to beat you to it. We're about to start our first casting run now.
Goodluck!