Tricky Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hi guys i bought a L18 and it has an v912/219 head. unopened engine whats the value more or less of this engine and any more info about it will be great too thanks @datzenmike Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 It may be L18SSS option for the '71 KH510 JDM coupe. Are you near South Africa?? They were assembled there also. This engine would have dual Hitachi SU carburetors and 9 to one compression.... OR someone acquired a 912 head and put it on a regular low compression L18. Some A87 closed chamber heads have a 912 cast on the front bottom on the distributor side. Here we sometimes see these closed chamber heads from imported engines from the '70s and '80s. It was cheaper than rebuilding them. I have a set of Hitachi SUs and the intake from one. Quote Link to comment
Tricky Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 From South Africa yes Cape Town, interesting it does have the hitachi SU carburetors on aswell https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=502710507525 https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=502710510222 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Nice! The KH510 L18SSS was rated at 115PS which is 113HP. Back then this was a gross HP measurement from the crankshaft. Today's measurements are net HP with all the parasitic losses and more comparable. Assuming about a 17% in drive train loss this would be just under 100HP which is about 15 HP more than the regular L18 with a downdraft 2 bbl. Not seeing the pictures. Some picture hosting sites require the viewer to have an account to see yours. Quote Link to comment
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