will a 197 head fit a 182 and what benefit does it have?

[Antwon]

Hi, my 182 has killed a cam belt and bent the valves, A mate had a 197 head in his shed so it is now sat in my garage, does anyone now if it will fit and will it make it 400bhp or am i just making a monster job for nothing?

 

[Knuckles]

pardon?

 

[glowworm105]

How do you mean will it make 400bhp ? Please explain

 

[Antwon]

Toooooooo serious. No, just because i have been given a free head I wonderd if it was possable. I thought it might save me some money and get me a couple more BHP

 

[Knuckles]

youve been given free head? :cheers:

 

[Aydon182]

It will fit with some modification, I have a 197 inlet plenum and 197 cylinder head on my 172

 

[Antwon]

And did it give you more power or was it too much messing for not enough?

 

[Bobby.]

It will change you compression ratio, plus I think your need to drill a hole to put a stud in for a pulley at the timing end. Search it the chaps that took over jms used a 197 head for a turbo conversion. Hope this help.

 

[mantis946]

Spot on above, needs a precise hole drilling for the pully and it will lower your CR as the combustion chamber on the head is a fair bit larger.

 

[Antwon]

Looks like I'm getting my own head fixed then.
More money!!!

 

[Aydon182]

And did it give you more power or was it too much messing for not enough?

It will give you a few extra bhp but won't really warrant the effort involved to just do that as a modification on it own, as said above one of the main factors is that it lowers your compression ratio considerably so it's ideal for a SC/Turbo conversion.

And it looks nice IMO.

 

[Antwon]

Cool!! This could be the way forward then.

 

[Antwon]

Now got the rest of the 197 next question will it go straight in on all the 182 loom and ecu?:race:

 

[Jack Gilbert]

i highly doubt it, dont take my word for it though.

jack