Hey guys, just wondering if anyone could tell me if a L18sss motor had any special marking to show it as a sss? Any help would be muchly appreciated. Also if anyone can tell me the best l20 block and head combination for natural aspirated l series? e.g bluebird block- sss head?

thanks

Martin

you can tell if the head is a SSS head because it has 219 stamped on the front above the water pump, not sure about the bottom end tho, i think they were L18W blocks but thats about it. Maybe someone else can give you a better answer

thanks for the help dude, im looking at getting the motor but im interested more in the head being a sss than the block.

well that should help then, but it'd be just as easy to get an A87 head in good nick and have it ported and polished and decked a bit, i mean SSS heads are good but you can still do better to em depending on the induction and cam your running. SSS head arent easy to come by i dont think

Just be aware that some A87 heads are open chamber, and some are closed chamber. I've got one of each !

The closed chamber A87 are pretty well identical in spec to the SSS head, and you'll find them mostly on L18s and the occaisional L20b, although the open chamber A87 I have is from an L20b.

Cheers,

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