'90 W250--'89/91/92 Ramcharger

[oldestof11]

210 cfm stock... upgradeable to 310 in the future. No stock head is going to give those numbers.

[ahale2772]

if i had the cash, that's what I would drop it on, even tho I'm already under fueled as is.

Why not go all out?????????????

[oldestof11]

If he bought the head, I think that S475 would spool like a stock 21cm H1C.

[Tacoclaw]

You bastards.

Just to spite you I'm getting my stock head fixed and putting it back on. Seriously, a local cat informed me that our valveseats are integral to the head and aren't able to fall out(Where were you guys at on that one? ), so I'm getting a valve job done for $130 and running it. I'll save for a Hamilton, but it'll take a lot of info gathering before I drop the cash on one.

[ahale2772]

I was going to call u out on that, i guess if it was SERIOUSLY cracked it could fall off...

Only another excuse to buy the hamilton head...

[JustinRhodes]

You bastards.

Just to spite you I'm getting my stock head fixed and putting it back on. Seriously, a local cat informed me that our valveseats are integral to the head and aren't able to fall out(Where were you guys at on that one? ), so I'm getting a valve job done for $130 and running it. I'll save for a Hamilton, but it'll take a lot of info gathering before I drop the cash on one.

Id be worried about more than the head on your truck if you have been talking to a local cat.

[Tacoclaw]

Pretty funny, now get back to stroking your Pee pump.

[JustinRhodes]

Pretty funny, now get back to stroking your Pee pump.

I never stopped? I can multitask

[diesel freak01]

LEVI JUST DO THE @!#$%!@# HEAD ALREADY. Ok I think im done for a while. But seriously do the head while you have the chance so you dont have to spend the money twice. You have already said she is down til spring so why not just do it the right way once instead of cobbling and then taking it back apart to do it right!

[Tacoclaw]

Current prices for Hamilton Cam's head as of 1/23/12:
Head with only oversize valves: $2900
Loaded head with beehive spring and titanium retainers: $3400.

Sorry guys, you'll have to live vicariously through someone else with this head, it's just not worth it for me right now. If it was closer to $2k I would have swung it but triple the price of a Cummins head just isn't worth it for my application...

I'll still squirrel away some cash for it, but it'll be a few years at least and probably longer as I'm needing to get a posi and start on some body work.

[BC847]

Did you end up with a cam, BC? Be careful, they'll ruin your engine before you even put them in.

Finally got up with Zach today. Naturally, they sold the last wide-lobe 12v 188/220 . . . two hours before I called. Won't have anymore until February.

So being a repeat customer running a bunch of his mess, he cut me a deal on a steel 188/220 (no bushings required) and 24v lifters. I've already got his 110 springs and pushrods. I expect it'll be a bump up from the 181 I'm running.

Our heads have always had integral seats. It's covered well in the FSM:

[ahale2772]

A steel 188? KEWL

Zach is a great guy to deal with. I'd like to run his pushrods at some point, I can't see how the difference in the 24v pushrod socket VS the 12v is any good, so I'll use that as an excuse to but them

[Tacoclaw]

A steel 188? KEWL

http://www.competitiondiesel.com/forums ... p?t=127428

Posted about a week after my cam arrived. Not that I need one, but still.

[ahale2772]

I havnt been on CompD in a while, not around a computer as much these days....or should I say when I am on the computer, compD is not where I need to be

[BC847]

A steel 188? KEWL

http://www.competitiondiesel.com/forums ... p?t=127428

Posted about a week after my cam arrived. Not that I need one, but still.

I had not seen that. Yeah, he cut me a VERY good deal compared to that.

Zach is a great guy to deal with. I'd like to run his pushrods at some point, I can't see how the difference in the 24v pushrod socket VS the 12v is any good, so I'll use that as an excuse to but them

The 24v lifters are wider than our stock items. As such, they match the wider lobes of the new cam. The idea is to better support the loads running todays lube oils (low/no sulfur).