Cylinder Head: Description
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The cylinder heads are made of an aluminum alloy. See Fig 1. The cylinder head features four valves per cylinder with pressed in powdered metal valve guides. The cylinder heads provide enclosures for the timing chain drive, necessitating a unique right and left cylinder head.
| 1 - VALVE KEEPER | 7 - VALVE-EXHAUST |
| 2 - SPRING RETAINER | 8 - VALVE-INTAKE |
| 3 - VALVE KEEPER | 9 - CYLINDER HEAD |
| 4 - VALVE SPRING-EXHAUST | 10 - VALVE STEM SEAL |
| 5 - SPRING RETAINER | 11 - VALVE SPRING-INTAKE |
| 6 - VALVE STEM SEAL |