Roof 16 Valve Head

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.

Roof 16 valve head.

Even robert roof did not know what his heads were being used for. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our user agreement updated 5 25 18 and privacy policy and. Although standard pistons can be used the compression ratio can be increased by using domed pop up pistons. 2020 american city business journals.

And began production of the 16 valve roof racing head in earnest. For my roof 16 application i designed a piston which provides 8 to 1 compression ratio and a set was made by jahns pistons. 16 valve cylinder head ford model t ohv cylinder head robert m. It also features 19 dayton knock off wheels and an atwater kent distributor.

Of the many aftermarket manufacturers that offered speed equipment for the ford model t four cylinder engine roof is one of the better known and longest lasting remaining in business through to the post war years. Complete roof laurel 16 valve ohv conversion cylinder head for ford model t. Yes it is a 16 valve roof head for a model t based sprint car. They found that roof s head increased the power of the engine by 64.

Roof was summoned to the bureau of standards in washington d c. From the seller s description. The government s interest in the ford engine was top secret. It is powered by a ford model t engine with a roof 16 valve overhead conversion.

The success of the roof racing head attracted the interest of the sales manager of a richmond indiana automobile manufacturer named charles e. They are a sand cast piston and i think they can produce any style design using existing or new molds. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. 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.

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.