Roof 16 Valve Head

And began production of the 16 valve roof racing head in earnest.

Roof 16 valve head. Yes it is a 16 valve roof head for a model t based sprint car. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. For my roof 16 application i designed a piston which provides 8 to 1 compression ratio and a set was made by jahns pistons. Complete roof laurel 16 valve ohv conversion cylinder head for ford model t.

Originally a 1920 s board track racer this car spent many years in a museum in mitchell south dakota before being recently restored by it s new owner. Stored in a climate controlled room since 1948. The government s interest in the ford engine was top secret. The u s government also became interested in some of roof s engineering ideas in 1918 and he was commissioned to build a complete 16.

16 valve cylinder head ford model t ohv cylinder head robert m. Although standard pistons can be used the compression ratio can be increased by using domed pop up pistons. They are a sand cast piston and i think they can produce any style design using existing or new molds. From the seller s description.

2020 american city business journals. Even robert roof did not know what his heads were being used for. Roof was summoned to the bureau of standards in washington d c. It also features 19 dayton knock off wheels and an atwater kent distributor.

Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement updated 5 25 18 and privacy policy and. To first test a stock ford engine then test it with one of roof s 16 valve heads installed. The success of the roof racing head attracted the interest of the sales manager of a richmond indiana automobile manufacturer named charles e. It is powered by a ford model t engine with a roof 16 valve overhead conversion.

His prototype 16 valve heads were successfully campaigned by local dirt track racers in and around his hometown of anderson indiana and in 1917 he formed the roof auto specialty co.