[Conceiving the Highpower Head]

A small article on the great man Phil Irving.  This is regarding the Repco High powered head for the grey motor from Phils autobiography.



Conceiving the Highpower Head

Staying out of the 1955 Redex was a good idea, because modifying touring or sports engines to screw more power out of them for racing had become a flourishing industry. When aspiring speedsters found that Charlie and I were prepared to tell them what to do, and where suitable or special components could be obtained from one or other of the many Repco branches, they flocked to our door. Even if the time was inconvenient we tried hard to be helpful and polite. Currently, Repco was competing for business with Rolloy, Poison, Cords plus several imported makes of piston and other automotive equipment, and Charlie instituted a scheme whereby selected drivers could be assisted by supplying them with parts of Repco manufacture free of charge, and I maintained a list of all the place-getters in major events in which our equipment was used, sending it each week to the advertising department. One of the many tuning articles from my pen which appeared in Motor Manual and Wheels was entitled (by the Editor) "Cam and Go" which explained how much the characteristics of an engine depended on its valve timing. The article stirred up a lot of interest and we co-operated with the ex-Repco technician George Wade to regrind camshafts to any desired specification, which meant a delay unless a spare shaft was on hand. When a smartly-dressed young man offered to sell us two dozen shafts which looked new but had minor defects, Charles bought the lot for £48, and some time later found that they had been stolen off a scrap-heap behind the General Motors factory. The best thing to do was to just say nothing, but Charlie was more wary in future.

Grinding out the three siamesed inlet ports of a Holden head was a slow, dusty process which was beyond the skill of those whose main skill with their hands was to pilot a car with enormous verve. Repco Research did not want to get into the business of porting individual heads such as some specialists were doing at a price, but there was no reason why we could not design and make a much superior article which anyone with the ability to wield a spanner could `substitute for his standard head over a weekend. We chewed the idea over for a while, and when Dave McGrath gave it his blessing, I was deputed to go ahead with the.project, although we were already deeply involved with the Maybach 3.

Event   :   Renegade Hot Rod and Custom Club Swap Meet and Show n Shine [VIC]
Venue   :   Werribee Race Course, Bulban Road, Werribee
Event Date   :   03-05-2015
Time   :   8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Type   :   Victoria
Description   :   
Renegade Hot Rod and Custom Club Swap Meet and Show n Shine
Werribee Race Course, Bulban Road, Werribee
3 May, 2015 (8:00 AM - 3:00 PM)

The Renegade Hot Rod and Custom Club Inc. are holding their annual A.S.R.F. sanctioned Swap Meet Sunday the 3rd May 2015 at the Werribee Race Course (Melways ref. 205 C6).

This large event has an emphasis on vehicle parts plus the inclusion of a Car and Bike Show & Shine and a live band with catering on site. It's a must attend so mark your calendar. Trophies presented at midday and a raffle with great prizes.

Sellers to enter from 7am from Ballan road with sites costing $20 each. Buyers to enter from 8am from the Bulban road entry with plenty of free parking and an entry fee of $5 per person.

Car and Bike show entry is in Racecourse road off Bulban road and is $5 for one vehicle and driver and extra passengers are $5 per person.

For more info. call @  0411 327 515 or contact @ renegadeshrcc@gmail.com.

They can and have been.  I will.find that picture for you tomorrow

This is mine it is a XE Falcon electronic dizzy modified.to suit grey.

I'd like to see what you can get out of a Norman.

I know 2 guys with supercharged greys, both have billet cranks.  No dyno reads as yet but one guy is hoping for the most HP ever but his is a few years away from the dyno at the moment.

Speedway midget? Nice looking engine.
Jim

Yep was just a random test image.  But it is very nice.

I think your right.  EJ had that style box but a different bell houseing for the rear engine mounts and a different extension housing.  You can still use them if you swap that over.  Not a bad price $25/each

Here is an ej bell housing

Oh if on a phone use Tapatalk, its way simpler.  Use above if on a PC.  Search the play store for it very easy to use and images are just as easy as say Facebook to upload.

More Waggot information here:

http://www.thegreymotor.com/2014/11/special-fx-waggot-twincam-head-on-fx.html

Upload the pictures to say here:

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Done.

A crank, flywheel, balancer, piston and rod balance is $240 in Melb and worth it.  Also look at some stiffer single springs rather then doubles, cheaper and less stress.  If you need the head dine talk to Eddie at HSD he is the best and price is OK aswell but you can gatentee it will be amazing.

Also polishing is no good, you want the ports rough to aid atomization of the fuel, helps it burn better so never polish inside the inlet ports or inlet manifolds.

I recon this one has got some horse power also:

My friend went to see the Rosebud one, he was after something else and just saw it.  He is after different numbers but said it turned freely and kooks Ok

Sounds awesome.

Even at 160ish steering wheel so straight! 

Bill, the best way is to upload to youtube then embed.

When you are on youtube the link is:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiYcVX7rsxc

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I have been pretty fortunate and have seen some amazing things.  This is one of them.  I have permission from the owner to post, I took the photos.

This was created in the 60's and was thrown out by the creator, it was rescued and put on display in a private museum.

It never got to running stage but it's 1 of a kind and very cool.

150hp No worries.

Here is a dyno chart of Ellis's

Havn't dynod mine yet but hoping for around the same.

http://www.thegreymotor.com/2014/09/ellis-french-grey-racer.html

This is what I know about that Repco

3 1/8 bore
Balanced bottom end
25/65 cam
11:1 compression ratio
Head has been cracked and repaired twice

Engine comes without a flywheel
Engine comes without a harmonic balancer
Engine comes without the carbs ( they are setup for methanol )

No billet main caps
No girdle
Normal Holden conrods
Cast pistons ( not forged )

Looks to be very clean, all invoices can be provided, inspection under tappet cover most welcome, engine has done about 30 mins track work on current setup.

A genuine guy and a genuine reason for sale ( by what I took from speaking with him ).

A nice setup but personally I think priced NOT to sell given the amount of people after one and it's still around weeks later.

The last one I was offered in December 2014 sold in 24 hours.

Did he ever finish this off?

I'd like to see what tappet cover that is.

There is one for sale currently 18k

Anyone know where all 9 of the heads ended up?